Novel role of mfd: Effects on stationary-phase mutagenesis in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 7512-7520

  Ross, Christian ^a   Pybus, Christine ^a   Pedraza Reyes, Mario ^b   Sung, Huang Mo ^a   Yasbin, Ronald E ^a   Robleto, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN MFD; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MFD GENE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GENE DELETION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 33750461659     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00980-06     Document Type: Article

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