Role of the ruvB gene in homologous and homeologous recombination in Rhizobium etli

Gene

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 125-131

  Martínez Salazar, Jaime M ^a   Romero, David ^a  

^a Ctro Invest Sobre Fijacion N   (Mexico)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Holliday junction

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HELICASE; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; NITROFURANTOIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0343339904     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00548-X     Document Type: Article

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