The expression of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus recA gene increases in response to DNA damage independently of RecA and of development of competence for natural transformation

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1025-1032

  Rauch, Peter J G ^a,c   Palmen, Ronald ^a,d   Burds, Aurora A ^b   Gregg Jolly, Leslie A ^b   Van Der Zee, J Rob ^a   Hellingwerf, Klaas J ^a  

^a EC Slater Institute   (Netherlands)

^b Grinell College   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter calcoaceticus; Competence; DNA damage; Natural transformation; recA gene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; MITOMYCIN C; NALIDIXIC ACID; RECA PROTEIN;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECA GENE; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029872743     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-142-4-1025     Document Type: Article

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