A constitutively expressed, truncated umuDC operon regulates the recA-dependent DNA damage induction of a gene in Acinetobacter baylyi strain ADP1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 4036-4043

  Hare, Janelle M ^a   Perkins, Sara N ^a   Gregg Jolly, Leslie A ^b  

^a MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; MUTAGENS; SOILS;

ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI STRAIN ADP1; BENZOATE DEGRADATION GENE; DNA DAMAGE INDUCTION;

DNA;

BENZOIC ACID; MITOMYCIN C; TRANSPOSASE;

BACTERIUM; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION; RADIATION DAMAGE; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DDRR GENE; DNA DAMAGE; GENE ADP1; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SOS; LACZ GENE; LEX A GENE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; RECA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UMUD GENE; UMUDC OPERON;

ACINETOBACTER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; REC A RECOMBINASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33745117944     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02774-05     Document Type: Article

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