Patterns of chromosomal fragmentation due to uracil-DNA incorporation reveal a novel mechanism of replication-dependent double-stranded breaks

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 202-215

  Kouzminova, Elena A ^a   Kuzminov, Andrei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URACIL;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PURIFICATION; DNA REPLICATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; URACIL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 40549129679     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06149.x     Document Type: Article

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