A novel family of regulated helicases/nucleases from Gram-positive bacteria: Insights into the initiation of DNA recombination

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 823-834

  Chédin, Frédéric ^a,b   Kowalczykowski, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTIPORTER; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; EXONUCLEASE; HELICASE; NUCLEASE; NUCLEOPROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN EXOV; PROTEIN RECB; PROTEIN RECC; PROTEIN RECD; RECA PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULON; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA; DNA HELICASES; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE V; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0036228220     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02785.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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