UV stimulation of chromosomal marker exchange in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius: Implications for DNA repair, conjugation and homologous recombination at extremely high temperatures

Genetics

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1407-1415

  Schmidt, Katherine J ^a   Beck, Kristen E ^a   Grogan, Dennis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CHROMOSOME MARKER; CONJUGATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA REPAIR; DNA, ARCHAEAL; GENETIC MARKERS; HEAT; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ARCHAEA; PROKARYOTA; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0345583678     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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