Involvement of recA and recF in the induced precise excision of Tn10 in Escherichia coli

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 381, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-115

  Chan, Ana ^a   Nagel, Rosa ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; recF mutant; Recombination repair; SOS gene; Tn10 precise excision; uvrD mutant

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXCISION; MUTANT; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA HELICASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MITOMYCIN; MUTATION; REC A RECOMBINASES; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030734375     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(97)00157-7     Document Type: Article

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