Gene Review:
xerC - site-specific tyrosine recombinase
Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655
Synonyms:
ECK3806, JW3784
- Recombination at ColE1 cer requires the Escherichia coli xerC gene product, a member of the lambda integrase family of site-specific recombinases. Colloms, S.D., Sykora, P., Szatmari, G., Sherratt, D.J. J. Bacteriol. (1990)
- A XerD recombinase with unusual active site motifs in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Reichmann, P., Hakenbeck, R. J. Mol. Microbiol. Biotechnol. (2002)
- Escherichia coli XerC recombinase is required for chromosomal segregation at cell division. Blakely, G., Colloms, S., May, G., Burke, M., Sherratt, D. New Biol. (1991)