Nonhomologous end-joining in bacteria: A microbial perspective

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2007, Pages 259-282

  Pitcher, Robert S ^a   Brissett, Nigel C ^a   Doherty, Aidan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Double strand break; Ku; Ligase D

Indexed keywords

POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE MU; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MYCOBACTERIOPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHOMOLOGOUS END JOINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; BACTERIA; DNA; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA LIGASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 35848960148     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.61.080706.093354     Document Type: Review

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