Mutational analysis of the Streptomyces lividans recA gene suggests that only mutants with residual activity remain viable

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 255, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 420-428

  Muth, G ^a   Frese, D ^a   Kleber, A ^a,b   Wohlleben, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene disruption; recA; Recombination; Streptomyces lividans

Indexed keywords

RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL VIABILITY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, LETHAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; REC A RECOMBINASES; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOMYCES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS;

EID: 0030982374     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050514     Document Type: Article

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