The Mfd protein of Bacillus subtilis 168 is involved in both transcription-coupled DNA repair and DNA recombination

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 301-318

  Ayora, Silvia ^a,b   Rojo, Fernando ^a   Ogasawara, Naotake ^c   Nakai, Sumiko ^d   Alonso, Juan C ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA recombination; Mutation frequency decline; Post replication repair; RNA polymerase; Transcription repair coupling factor

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RADIATION MUTAGENESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0029939231     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0087     Document Type: Article

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