Hyperrecombination in Streptococcus pneumoniae depends on an atypical mutY homologue

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3353-3360

  Samrakandi, Moulay Mustapha ^a,b   Pasta, Franck ^a  

^a UMR   (France)

^b Dept of Vet and Biomed Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BASE MISPAIRING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; DNA GLYCOSYLASES; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0034079940     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.12.3353-3360.2000     Document Type: Article

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