The recombination deficient Enterococcus faecalis UV202 strain is a recA mutant

Plasmid

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 164-168

  Weaver, Keith E ^a   Reddy, Shirisha G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplification of plasmid encoded antibiotic resistance genes; DNA repair; recA; Recombination

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; GLYCINE; PLASMID VECTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WILD TYPE;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTATION; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 32044458829     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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