Nucleotide sequence of the Porphyromonas gingivalis W83 recA homolog and construction of a recA-deficient mutant

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4592-4597

  Fletcher, Hansel M ^a   Morgan, Roderick M ^b,c   Macrina, Francis L ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL VACCINE; RECA PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPHYROMONAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0030732289     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.11.4592-4597.1997     Document Type: Article

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