Role of DNA replication and repair in thymineless death in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 5286-5288

  Morganroth, Pamela A ^a   Hanawalt, Philip C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; HYDROXYUREA; THYMINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL DEATH; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXCISION REPAIR; LEXA3 GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SYNTHESIS; STARVATION; UVRA GENE;

DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; RNA, BACTERIAL; THYMINE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33745878537     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00543-06     Document Type: Article

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