Cloning, nucleotide sequence and transcriptional analysis of the uvrA gene from Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 254, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 479-485

  Black, C G ^a   Fyfe, J A M ^a   Davies, J K ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA uptake sequence; Excision repair; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Promoter; uvrA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0030973212     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050442     Document Type: Article

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