Identification of a lexA gene in, and construction of a lexA mutant of, Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri

Current Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 233-238

  Yang, Mei Kwei ^a   Wu, Pei I ^a   Yang, Yen Chun ^a  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA BINDING; DNA DAMAGE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS CITRI;

EID: 0034064550     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849910047     Document Type: Article

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