Interaction of RecBCD enzyme with DNA at double-strand breaks produced in UV-irradiated Escherichia coli: Requirement for DNA end processing

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 5639-5645

  Thoms, Brigitte ^a   Wackernagel, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; EXONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXCISION REPAIR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031794968     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.21.5639-5645.1998     Document Type: Article

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