Cloning and characterization of the recA gene of Paracoccus denitrificans and construction of a recA-deficient mutant

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-213

  Fernandez De Henestrosa, Antonio R ^a   Del Rey, Alfonso ^a   Tarragó, Raül ^a   Barbé, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Paracoccus denitrificans; recA gene; recA mutant; Rhizobium etli; Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTANT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REC A RECOMBINASES; RHODOBACTER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0031043629     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00526-5     Document Type: Article

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