The parAB gene products of Pseudomonas putida exhibit partition activity in both P. putida and Escherichia coli

• Published in: Molecular microbiology Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 39 - 49
• Main Authors: Godfrin‐Estevenon, Anne‐Marie, Pasta, Franck, Lane, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.01.2002; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Bacterial Proteins - genetics; Bacterial Proteins - metabolism; Chromosomes, Bacterial - physiology; DNA, Bacterial; E coli; Escherichia coli; Escherichia coli - genetics; Escherichia coli - metabolism; Mutagenesis; parA protein; parB protein; Plasmids; Pseudomonas putida; Pseudomonas putida - genetics; Pseudomonas putida - growth & development; Pseudomonas putida - metabolism

Summary The bacteria for which there is evidence that proteins of the ParAB family act in chromosome segregation also undergo developmental transitions that involve the ParAB homologues, raising the question of whether the partition activity is equivalent to that of plasmid partition systems. We hav...