Effect of bacterial recA expression on DNA repair in the rad51 and rad52 mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-9

  Morais Jr , M A ^a   Vlckova V ^d   Fridrichova I ^c   Slaninova M ^d   Brozmanova J ^c   Henriques, J A P ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^d Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; METHOXSALEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL MUTANT; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RECA GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 2642614522     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47571998000100002     Document Type: Article

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