Roles of the DNA binding proteins H-NS and StpA in homologous recombination and repair of bleomycin-induced damage in Escherichia coli

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 433-439

  Shiraishi, Kouya ^a,b,c   Ogata, Yasuyuki ^c,d   Hanada, Katsuhiro ^c   Kano, Yasunobu ^e   Ikeda, Hideo ^a,b,c  

^a Medinet Medical Institute   (Japan)

^b Fundamental Research Laboratory   (Japan)

^c KITASATO INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^e KYOTO PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bleomycin sensitivity; Double strand break repair; H NS; Homologous recombination; StpA

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; PROTEIN STPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLEOMYCIN; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 36148993342     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.82.433     Document Type: Article

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