Escherichia coli cells with increased levels of DnaA and deficient in recombinational repair have decreased viability

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 630-644

  Grigorian, Aline V ^b   Lustig, Rachel B ^b   Guzmán, Elena C ^a   Mahaffy, Joseph M ^b   Zyskind, Judith W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; GENE PRODUCT; HOLOENZYME; RECA PROTEIN; RECF PROTEIN; REPLICATION INITIATOR PROTEIN DNAA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; OPERON; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037228930     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.2.630-644.2003     Document Type: Article

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