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recA  -  recombinase A

Legionella pneumophila str. Lens

 
 
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Disease relevance of recA

  • The highest identity was found with RecA of Legionella pneumophila, in which 69% of the residues were identical [1].
  • The larger of these two proteins shared 70.4% and 74.6% identity with the E. coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa RecA proteins, respectively [2].

References

  1. Isolation and characterization of the Rickettsia prowazekii recA gene. Dunkin, S.M., Wood, D.O. J. Bacteriol. (1994) [Pubmed]
  2. Expression and nucleotide sequence analysis of the Legionella pneumophila recA gene. Zhao, X., Dreyfus, L.A. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. (1990) [Pubmed]
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