Characterization of the two Mycobacterium tuberculosis recA promoters

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 6005-6015

  Gopaul, Krishna K ^a,b   Brooks, Patricia C ^a   Prost, Jean François ^a,c   Davis, Elaine O ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE ET CHIMIE DES PROTÉINES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA DAMAGE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LEX A GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECA GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA DAMAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REC A RECOMBINASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0141960374     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.20.6005-6015.2003     Document Type: Article

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