Reassessment of the in vivo functions of DNA polymerase I and RNase H in bacterial cell growth

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 8575-8583

  Fukushima, Sanae ^a   Itaya, Mitsuhiro ^b   Kato, Hiroaki ^a   Ogasawara, Naotake ^c   Yoshikawa, Hirofumi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; EXONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE H;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA POLYMERASE I; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBONUCLEASE H; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 6301;

EID: 36749062371     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00653-07     Document Type: Article

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