The RecBCD and SbcCD DNases suppress homology-facilitated illegitimate recombination during natural transformation of Acinetobacter baylyi

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2437-2445

  Harms, Klaus ^a   Wackernagel, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA FRAGMENT; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; KANAMYCIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN RECBCD; PROTEIN SBCCD; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WILD TYPE;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLD; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE V; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI;

EID: 51149096381     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2008/018382-0     Document Type: Article

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