Characterization of two Streptomyces ambofaciens recA mutants: Identification of the RecA protein by immunoblotting

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-187

  Aigle, Bertrand ^a   Holl, Anne Catherine ^a   Angulo, Jaime F ^b   Leblond, Pierre ^a   Decaris, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Gene disruption; Immunodetection; Overtranscription; recA; Streptomyces ambofaciens

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DISRUPTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMIDS; REC A RECOMBINASES; RNA, BACTERIAL; STREPTOMYCES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOMYCES AMBOFACIENS;

EID: 0030893134     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00073-6     Document Type: Article

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