A role for the umuDC gene products of Escherichia coli in increasing resistance to DNA damage in stationary phase by inhibiting the transition to exponential growth

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1127-1135

  Murli, Sumati ^a,b   Opperman, Timothy ^a,c   Smith, Bradley T ^a   Walker, Graham C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GENOME THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA DAMAGE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

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

EID: 0033959683     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.4.1127-1135.2000     Document Type: Article

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