Heat and DNA damage induction of the LexA-like regulator HdiR from Lactococcus lactis is mediated by RecA and ClpP

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 609-621

  Savijoki, Kirsi ^a,b   Ingmer, Hanne ^b   Frees, Dorte ^b   Vogensen, Finn K ^b   Palva, Airi ^a   Varmanen, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CLPP GENE; DNA BINDING; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HEAT SHOCK; HEAT SHOCK AND DNA DAMAGE INDUCED REGULATOR GENE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RECA GENE; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; REC A RECOMBINASES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0142062025     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03713.x     Document Type: Article

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