[HTML][HTML] Integration Host Factor Binds DNA Holliday Junctions

SH Lin, D Zhao, V Deng, VK Birdsall, S Ho… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Integration host factor (IHF) is a nucleoid-associated protein involved in DNA packaging,
integration of viral DNA and recombination. IHF binds with nanomolar affinity to duplex DNA …

On the connection between inherent DNA flexure and preferred binding of hydroxymethyluracil-containing DNA by the type II DNA-binding protein TF1

A Grove, A Galeone, L Mayol, PE Geiduschek - Journal of molecular …, 1996 - Elsevier
TF1 is a member of the family of type II DNA-binding proteins, which also includes the
bacterial HU proteins and theEscherichia coliintegration host factor (IHF). Distinctive to TF1 …

Mismatch repair hierarchy of Pseudomonas putida revealed by mutagenic ssDNA recombineering of the pyrF gene

T Aparicio, A Nyerges, I Nagy, C Pal… - Environmental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The mismatch repair (MMR) system is one of the key molecular devices that prokaryotic cells
have for ensuring fidelity of DNA replication. While the canonical MMR of E. coli involves 3 …

Growth phase variation of integration host factor level in Escherichia coli

MD Ditto, D Roberts, RA Weisberg - Journal of bacteriology, 1994 - Am Soc Microbiol
We have measured the intracellular abundance of integration host factor (IHF), a site-
specific, heterodimeric DNA-binding protein, in exponential-and stationary-phase cultures of …

Transposable Elements Mediate Adaptive Debilitation of Flagella in Experimental Escherichia coli Populations

GR Plague, KS Boodram, KM Dougherty… - Journal of molecular …, 2017 - Springer
Although insertion sequence (IS) elements are generally considered genomic parasites,
they can mediate adaptive genetic changes in bacterial genomes. We discovered that …

Targeted conservative formation of cointegrates between two DNA molecules containing IS26 occurs via strand exchange at either IS end

CJ Harmer, RM Hall - Molecular Microbiology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We recently proposed a model for targeted, conservative cointegrate formation between
DNA molecules each containing a copy of IS26, that involves Tnp26‐catalyzed strand …

[HTML][HTML] Crystal structure of an IHF-DNA complex: a protein-induced DNA U-turn

PA Rice, S Yang, K Mizuuchi, HA Nash - Cell, 1996 - cell.com
Integration host factor (IHF) is a small heterodimeric protein that specifically binds to DNA
and functions as an architectural factor in many cellular processes in prokaryotes. Here, we …

IS26 mediated antimicrobial resistance gene shuffling from the chromosome to a mosaic conjugative FII plasmid

M Oliva, R Monno, P Addabbo, G Pesole, M Scrascia… - Plasmid, 2018 - Elsevier
In the present study we report the identification of a sul3-associated class 1 integron
containing the dfrA12-orfF-aadA2-cmlA1-aadA1-qacH array embedded in a Tn21-derived …

Evolution of the insertion element IS1 that causes genetic engineering of bacterial genomes in vivo

E Ohtsubo, K Nyman, K Nakamura… - … : Principles and Methods …, 1981 - Springer
Although the joining of two different sequences or genomes can be performed in vitro with
various genetic engineering techniques, the event also occurs in vivo in bacterial cells at …

The inverted repeats of IS1384, a newly described insertion sequence from Pseudomonas putida strain H, represent the specific target for integration of IS1383

C Müller, U Lauf, H Herrmann - Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2001 - Springer
Analysis of a region on plasmid pPGH1 from Pseudomonas putida strain H that is flanked by
two copies of IS 1383 has revealed an additional element with the typical features of a …