LexA-independent DNA damage-mediated induction of gene expression in Myxococcus xanthus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 769-781

  Campoy, Susana ^a   Fontes, Marta ^b   Padmanabhan, S ^b   Cortés, Pilar ^a   Llagostera, Montserrat ^a   Barbé, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; KNOCKOUT GENE; LEX A GENE; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE; RECA1 GENE; RECA2 GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0041663983     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03592.x     Document Type: Article

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