Expression and complementation analyses of a chloroplast-localized homolog of bacterial recA in the moss Physcomitrella patens

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1340-1347

  Inouye, Takayuki ^a   Odahara, Masaki ^a   Fujita, Tomomichi ^b,d   Hasebe, Mitsuyasu ^b,c   Sekine, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; DNA repair; Homologous recombination; Physcomitrella patens; RecA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CHLOROPHYLL; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSION REACTIONS; GENES; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; STABILIZERS (AGENTS);

CDNA LIBRARIES; CHLOROPLAST DNA (CPDNA); COMPLEMENTATION; DNA DAMAGING AGENTS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN (GFP); HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION (HR); INITIATION (ELECTRIC DISCHARGES); MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; N TERMINALS; NUCLEOIDS; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRYOPSIDA; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOLOGY; DNA DAMAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRYOPSIDA; CHLOROPLASTS; DNA DAMAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS;

EID: 45749096958     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.80014     Document Type: Article

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