Evidence for two recA genes mediating DNA repair in Bacillus megaterium

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 775-787

  Nahrstedt, Hannes ^a   Schröder, Christine ^a   Meinhardt, Friedhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MITOMYCIN C; RECA PROTEIN; RECA1 PROTEIN; RECA2 PROTEIN; SOS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REC A RECOMBINASES; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 15844416838     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27626-0     Document Type: Article

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