Normal induction of the SOS response in Bacillus subtilis is prevented by the mutant repressor from phage φ105cts23

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 315-320

  Rubinstein, Clara P ^a   Guerchicoff, Alejandra ^a   Sanchez Rivas, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Bacteriophage 105; Repair; SOS induction; Thermosensitive repressor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA REPAIR; HEAT SENSITIVITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACILLUS PHAGES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, VIRAL; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); TEMPERATURE; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0031756181     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00409-1     Document Type: Article

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