The genes encoding formamidopyrimidine and MutY DNA glycosylases in Escherichia coli are transcribed as part of complex operons

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 4223-4236

  Gifford, Christine M ^a   Wallace, Susan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYGUANINE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; FORMAMIDOPYRIMIDINE; GUANINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; RIBONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032790056     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.14.4223-4236.1999     Document Type: Article

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