Isolation of a dnaE mutation which enhances RecA-independent homologous recombination in the Escherichia coli chromosome

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1225-1234

  Bierne, Hélène ^a,b   Vilette, Didier ^a,c   Ehrlich, S Dusko ^a   Michel, Bénédicte ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030844430     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.4381795.x     Document Type: Article

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