DNA
difF

Part:BBa_I742101

Designed by: Xiaonan Wang   Group: iGEM07_Edinburgh   (2007-08-08)


dif site with forward orientation

'dif' (division induced filamentation) is the recombination site for XerC and XerD recombinases. Once replicated, aligned direct repeats of the dif site are vital to DNA monomerisation during bacterial septation. As with other recombinase sites, inverted repeats cause inversion of the DNA in between. However, XerCD requires activation by FtsK and thus two dif-sites (see also part BBa_I742102) enables recombination that is temporally isolated to septation.

Sequence and Features


Assembly Compatibility:
  • 10
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
  • 12
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
  • 21
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
  • 23
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
  • 25
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
  • 1000
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]


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Categories
//function/recombination/xer
Parameters
None