Intrinsic polymerase activities of UmuD'2C and MucA'2B are responsible for their different mutagenic properties during bypass of a T-T cis-syn cyclobutane dimer

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2285-2291

  O'Grady, Paul I ^a   Borden, Angela ^a,b   Vandewiele, Dominique ^b   Ozgenc, Ali ^a   Woodgate, Roger ^b   Lawrence, Christopher W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOBUTANE; DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIMERIZATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA POLYMERASE III; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; PYRIMIDINE DIMERS; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034087476     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.8.2285-2291.2000     Document Type: Article

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