Quantification of RecA protein in Deinococcus radiodurans reveals involvement of RecA, but not LexA, in its regulation

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 268, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 28-41

  Bonacossa de Almeida, C ^a,c   Coste, G ^a,b   Sommer, S ^a,b   Bailone, A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c INSTITUTO DE RADIOPROTEÇÃO E DOSIMETRIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aggregation of lexA cells; cinA ligT recA operon; Radioresistance; recA and lexA deletions; SOS regulation

Indexed keywords

LEXA PROTEIN; MITOMYCIN; PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GAMMA RADIATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DEINOCOCCUS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GAMMA RAYS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; MITOMYCIN; MUTATION; RADIATION TOLERANCE; REC A RECOMBINASES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

DEINOCOCCUS; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036382010     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-002-0718-x     Document Type: Article

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