Role of RecA in DNA damage repair in Deinococcus radiodurans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 342-347

  Schlesinger, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

CinA; Deinococcus; Radiodurans; RecA

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MUTANT PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

DEINOCOCCUS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; RADIATION TOLERANCE; REC A RECOMBINASES;

DEINOCOCCUS; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34547892607     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00862.x     Document Type: Article

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