Visualization of DNA double-strand break repair in live bacteria reveals dynamic recruitment of Bacillus subtilis RecF, RecO and RecN proteins to distinct sites on the nucleoids

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1627-1639

  Kidane, Dawit ^a   Sanchez, Humberto ^b   Alonso, Juan C ^b   Graumann, Peter L ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RECF PROTEIN; RECN PROTEIN; RECO PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPAIR ENZYMES; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 3042651097     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04102.x     Document Type: Article

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