Selective inhibition of RecA functions by the Hc1 nucleoid condensation protein from Chlamydia trachomatis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 279-283

  Ennis, Don G ^a   Woodgate, Roger ^b   Shi, Mingxia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b Repair Mutagenesis Natl Inst C   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive inhibition; DNA repair; Genetics; Pathogenesis; Recombination

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEOPROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMIDS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033989428     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00602-3     Document Type: Article

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