Analysis of the Bacillus subtilis recO gene: RecO forms part of the RecFLOR function

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 567-573

  Fernandez S ^a   Kobayashi, Y ^b   Ogasawara, N ^c   Alonso, J C ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Homologous pairing proteins; Homologous recombination; RecBCD pathway; RecF pathway

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0347725697     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380051002     Document Type: Article

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