Mutation of the priA gene of Neisseria gonorrhoeae affects DNA transformation and DNA repair

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 5347-5355

  Kline, Kimberly A ^a,b   Seifert, H Steven ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CUMENE HYDROPEROXIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PILIN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FREE RADICALS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OXIDANTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 22544471808     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.15.5347-5355.2005     Document Type: Article

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