rexAB mutants in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2409-2414

  Halpern, David ^a   Gruss, Alexandra ^a   Claverys, Jean Pierre ^b   El Karoui, Meriem ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UPS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; EXONUCLEASE; HELICASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN REXAB; REX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL VIABILITY; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WILD TYPE;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 4344575107     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27106-0     Document Type: Article

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