Sensitivity of an Acinetobacter baylyi mpl mutant to DNA damage

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1273-1275

  Chakravorty, Adityarup ^a,b   Klovstad, Martha ^a,c   Peterson, Greg ^a,d   Lindeman, Robin E ^a,e   Gregg Jolly, Leslie A ^a  

^a GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; DNA DAMAGE;

DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; GENE PRODUCT; MITOMYCIN C; PEPTIDOGLYCAN RECYCLING PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; DNA; GENDER ROLE; MUTATION;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA DAMAGE; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; MPL GENE; NONHUMAN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ACINETOBACTER; DNA DAMAGE; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MITOMYCIN; MUTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI;

EID: 39649099569     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02347-07     Document Type: Article

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