Involvement of an X family DNA polymerase in double-stranded break repair in the radioresistant organism Deinococcus radiodurans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1721-1730

  Lecointe, François ^a   Shevelev, Igor V ^b   Bailone, Adrians ^a   Sommer, Suzanne ^a   Hübscher, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; DNA POLYMERASE X; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PROTEIN POLX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CROSS REACTION; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DR0467 GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; DEINOCOCCUS; DNA REPAIR; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; GAMMA RAYS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEINOCOCCUS; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; EUKARYOTA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 4644364776     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04233.x     Document Type: Article

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