Illegitimate recombination induced by overproduction of DnaB helicase in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 4549-4553

  Yamashita, Teruhito ^a   Hanada, Katsuhiro ^a   Iwasaki, Mihoko ^a   Yamaguchi, Hirotaka ^a   Ikeda, Hideo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KITASATO INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA B; HELICASE;

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032794821     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.15.4549-4553.1999     Document Type: Article

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