Genetic recombination in Bacillus subtilis 168: Effects of recU and recS mutations on DNA repair and homologous recombination

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 3405-3409

  Fernández, Silvia ^a   Sorokin, Alexei ^b   Alonso, Juan C ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; DNA REPAIR; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0031802164     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.13.3405-3409.1998     Document Type: Article

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