The recX gene product is involved in the SOS response in Herbaspirillum seropedicae

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-150

  Galvão, Carolina W ^a   Pedrosa, Fábio O ^a   Souza, Emanuel M ^a   Yates, M Geoffrey ^a   Chubatsu, Leda S ^a   Steffens, Maria Berenice R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Herbaspirillum seropedicae; recA gene; recX gene; SOS mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTAGENS; PROTEINS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

GENE PRODUCT; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; MUTAGENIC AGENT; PROTEIN RECX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE; MUTAGENESIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECA GENE; RECX GENE; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; MODELS, GENETIC; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE;

EID: 0037679128     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w03-010     Document Type: Article

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