RecBCD enzyme and the repair of double-stranded DNA breaks

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 642-671

  Dillingham, Mark S ^a   Kowalczykowski, Stephen C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE V; HELICASE; HOLOENZYME;

BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRUCTURE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULE; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE V; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 57349157777     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00020-08     Document Type: Review

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