Identification of yebG as a DNA damage-inducible Escherichia coli gene

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 119-122

  Lomba, Mariza R ^a   Vasconcelos, Ana T ^b   Pacheco, Ana Beatriz F ^b   De Almeida, Darcy F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE COMPUTAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Galactosidase; Lactamase; Mitomycin C; Operator; SOS repair

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; MITOMYCIN C;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERATOR; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; RIBOSOME;

BASE SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; REGULON; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

EID: 0031277795     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00412-6     Document Type: Article

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