Chi-dependent intramolecular recombination in Escherichia coli

Genetics

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 545-557

  Friedman Ohana, Rachel ^a   Karunker, Iris ^a   Cohen, Amikam ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; CIS ISOMER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA, VIRAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE V; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENOTYPE; MUTATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031951968     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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