Photooxidative stress stimulates illegitimate recombination and mutability in carotenoid-less mutants of Rubrivivax gelatinosus

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 4777-4787

  Ouchane, Soufian ^a   Picaud, Martine ^a   Vernotte, Claudie ^a   Astier, Chantal ^a  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Carotenoid genes; Illegitimate recombination; Photooxidative stress; Photosynthesis; Purple bacteria

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOOXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROBIOSIS; ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CAROTENOIDS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RHODOSPIRILLACEAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFERASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; RUBRIVIVAX GELATINOSUS;

EID: 0030800952     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.15.4777     Document Type: Article

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