Absence of an SOS-like system in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Gene

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-66

  Black, Casilda G ^a   Fyfe, Janet A M ^a   Davies, John K ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA damage; DNA repair; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; SOS regulon

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE INDUCTION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; REC A RECOMBINASES; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0032536414     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00653-7     Document Type: Article

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