DNA nicks inflicted by restriction endonucleases are repaired by a RecA- and RecB-dependent pathway in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1141-1151

  Heitman, Joseph ^a   Ivanenko, Tatyana ^b   Kiss, Antal ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; RECA PROTEIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA NICK TRANSLATION; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE ECORI; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA DAMAGE; DNA LIGASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE V; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; REC A RECOMBINASES; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC); SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032882797     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01556.x     Document Type: Article

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