NucA is required for DNA cleavage during transformation of Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 634-644

  Provvedi, Roberta ^a,b   Chen, Inês ^b   Dubnau, David ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; ENDONUCLEASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA BINDING; DNA CLEAVAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; INTERNALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ENDONUCLEASES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0035008924     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02406.x     Document Type: Article

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