An Arabidopsis homologue of bacterial RecA that complements an E. coli recA deletion is targeted to plant mitochondria

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 269, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 454-463

  Khazi, F R ^a,c   Edmondson, A C ^b   Nielsen, B L ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; DNA repair; Green Fluorescent protein (GFP); Homologous recombination; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECA PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENETICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REC A RECOMBINASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED INSERTION SEQUENCE;

EID: 0043124413     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-003-0859-6     Document Type: Article

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