The RdgC protein of Escherichia coli binds DNA and counters a toxic effect of RecFOR in strains lacking the replication restart protein PriA

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 735-745

  Moore, Timothy ^a   McGlynn, Peter ^a   Ngo, Hien Ping ^a   Sharples, Gary J ^a,b   Lloyd, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA repair; RecFOR; Recombination; RNA polymerase; SSB

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HELICASE; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRIA; PROTEIN RDGC; RECF PROTEIN; RECO PROTEIN; RECR PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA BINDING; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INACTIVATION; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; DNA; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; REPLICATION PROTEIN A;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037415736     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg048     Document Type: Article

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