Holliday junction resolvases encoded by homologous rusA genes in Escherichia coli K-12 and phage 82

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 561-573

  Mahdi, Akeel A ^a   Sharples, Gary J ^a   Mandal, Tikshna N ^a   Lloyd, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DLP12; DNA repair; RecG; Recombination; RuvABC

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; ENDONUCLEASE; RESOLVASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHROMOSOME; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE STRUCTURE; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE 82; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 0029871788     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0185     Document Type: Article

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