Roles of RecA protein in spontaneous mutagenesis in Escherichia coli

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-108

  Kanie, Satoshi ^a   Horibata, Katsuyoshi ^a   Kawano, Mitsuoki ^a   Isogawa, Asako ^a   Sakai, Akiko ^a   Matsuo, Nozomi ^a   Nakanishi, Mari ^a   Hasegawa, Kimiko ^a   Yoshiyama, Kaoru ^a   Maki, Hisaji ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA lesions; Frameshift mutation; Mismatch repair; Recombination; Replication fork

Indexed keywords

DNA; RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENETICS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PHENOTYPE; REC A RECOMBINASES; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34248350793     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.82.99     Document Type: Article

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