Multiple Ku orthologues mediate DNA non-homologous end-joining in the free-living form and during chronic infection of Sinorhizobium meliloti

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 350-363

  Kobayashi, Hajime ^a   Simmons, Lyle A ^a   Yuan, Daniel S ^a   Broughton, William J ^b   Walker, Graham C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; KU ANTIGEN; LIGD PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; SKU1 PROTEIN; SKU2 PROTEIN; SKU3 PROTEIN; SKU4 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; EUKARYOTE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HETEROZYGOTE; IONIZING RADIATION; LEGUME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR ENZYMES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; MEDICAGO SATIVA; RADIATION, IONIZING; SEQUENCE DELETION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 37349100929     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.06036.x     Document Type: Article

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