Identification of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides SOS box

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 991-1003

  Fernández De Henestrosa, Antonio R ^a   Rivera, Eusebi ^a   Tapias, Angels ^a   Barbé, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA REPAIR; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0031807595     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00860.x     Document Type: Article

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