In vivo stability of the Umu mutagenesis proteins: A major role for RecA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3550-3556

  Frank, Ekaterina G ^a   Gonzalez, Martin ^b   Ennis, Don G ^a,c   Levine, Arthur S ^a   Woodgate, Roger ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; RECA GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETTA;

EID: 0030005608     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.12.3550-3556.1996     Document Type: Article

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