Identification of genetic factors altering the SOS induction of DNA damage-inducible yebG gene in Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 271-277

  Oh, Tae Jeong ^a   Kim, In Gyu ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cyclic AMP; H NS; SOS regulon; Stationary growth phase; yebG lacZ operon fusion

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CYCLIC AMP; HISTONE; MITOMYCIN C;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA GYRASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCOSE; MITOMYCIN; REGULON; SIGMA FACTOR; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

EID: 0032782802     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00326-2     Document Type: Article

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