Characterization of endonuclease III (nth) and endonuclease VIII (nei) mutants of Escherichia coli K-12

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3783-3785

  Saito, Yusuke ^a   Uraki, Fumiko ^a   Nakajima, Satoshi ^a   Asaeda, Ayumi ^b   Ono, Keiichi ^b   Kubo, Kihei ^b   Yamamoto, Kazuo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; ENDONUCLEASE; LYASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; OXIDIZING AGENT;

APURINIC SITE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; STRUCTURAL GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 0030958623     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.11.3783-3785.1997     Document Type: Article

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