Depletion of the cellular amounts of the MutS and MutH methyl-directed mismatch repair proteins in stationary-phase Escherichia coli K-12 cells

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2388-2396

  Feng, Gang ^a   Tsui, Ho Ching Tiffany ^a   Winkler, Malcolm E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; CHROMOSOME; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE REPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; TRIXIS;

EID: 0029992026     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.8.2388-2396.1996     Document Type: Article

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