Derepression of excision of integrative and potentially conjugative elements from Streptococcus thermophilus by DNA damage response: Implication of a cI-related repressor

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1478-1481

  Bellanger, Xavier ^a   Morel, Catherine ^a   Decaris, Bernard ^a   Guédon, Gérard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DAMAGE; EXCISION REPAIR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

DNA DAMAGE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MITOMYCIN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE LAMBDA; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 33846915297     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01125-06     Document Type: Conference Paper

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