Constitutive increase of RecA protein: Its influence on pyrimidine dimer excision and survival of UV-irradiated Escherichia coli

Mutation Research - DNA Repair

Volumn 362, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-64

  Slezáriková, Viera ^a   Mašek, František ^a   Fridrichová, Ivana ^a   Piršel, Miroslav ^a   Sedliaková, Milena ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Din gene; DNA repair; E. coli; RecA protein; SOS induction; UV irradiation

Indexed keywords

PYRIMIDINE DIMER; RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0343773887     PISSN: 09218777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8777(95)00033-X     Document Type: Article

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