Inactivation of the spirochete recA gene results in a mutant with low viability and irregular nucleoid morphology

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 452-458

  Kameni, A P T ^a   Couture Tosi, E ^a   Saint Girons, I ^a   Picardeau, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MITOMYCIN C; RECA PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROCHETE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LEPTOSPIRA; MITOMYCIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; REC A RECOMBINASES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0036136293     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.2.452-458.2002     Document Type: Article

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