Construction and complementation of a recA deletion mutant of Mycobacterium smegmatis reveals that the intein in Mycobacterium tuberculosis recA does not affect RecA function

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 525-534

  Papavinasasundaram, K G ^a   Colston, M Joseph ^a   Davis, Elaine O ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CROSSING OVER; DELETION MUTANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOTYPE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROTEIN SPLICING; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RESTRICTION MAPPING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031736728     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01083.x     Document Type: Article

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