phrA, the major photoreactivating factor in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 codes for a cyclobutane-pyrimidine-dimer- specific DNA photolyase

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 173, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 412-417

  Ng, Wing On ^a   Zentella, Rodolfo ^a   Wang, Yinsheng ^a   Taylor, John Stephen A ^a   Pakrasi, Himadri B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer; DNA photolyase; Over expression plasmid; phrA; pSL1211; Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803

Indexed keywords

CYCLOBUTANE; DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTOLYASE; DIMER; PHRA PROTEIN; PYRIMIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREACTIVATION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

ANACYSTIS NIDULANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 0034094221     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030000164     Document Type: Article

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