Construction and characterization of a recA mutant of Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri

Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-137

  Yang, Yen Chun ^a   Yang, Mei Kwei ^a  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complementation; DNA repair; Homologous recombination; RecA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTANT; CHROMOSOME SUBSTITUTION; CLONED GENE; DELETION MUTANT; DNA RECOMBINATION; GENE SEQUENCING; MOLECULAR CLONING; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOVAR; PLASMID; RECA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WILD RELATIVE;

EID: 0034096061     PISSN: 00068063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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