The chloroplast-located homolog of bacterial DNA recombinase

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1319-1325

  Cao, Jun ^a   Combs, Carolyn ^a   Jagendorf, André T ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Chloroplast; DNA damage; DNA recombinase; Homologous recombination; RecA

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0031437324     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029124     Document Type: Article

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