Expression of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa uvrA gene is constitutive

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 377, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 149-155

  Rivera, Eusebi ^a   Vila, Laura ^a   Barbé, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA damage; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; SOS system; uvrA gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA DAMAGE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0030990528     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(97)00061-4     Document Type: Article

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