The mmsA locus of Streptococcus pneumoniae encodes a RecG-like protein involved in DNA repair and in three-strand recombination

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1035-1045

  Martin, Bernard ^a   Sharples, Gary J ^b   Humbert, Odile ^a   Lloyd, Robert G ^b   Claverys, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029981318     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.445975.x     Document Type: Article

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