Roles of the recJ and recN genes in homologous recombination and DNA repair pathways of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 919-927

  Skaar, Eric P ^a   Lazio, Matthew P ^a   Seifert, H Steven ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PILI, SEX; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036154659     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.184.4.919-927.2002     Document Type: Article

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