RecQ DNA helicase HRDC domains are critical determinants in Neisseria gonorrhoeae pilin antigenic variation and DNA repair

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 158-171

  Killoran, Michael P ^a   Kohler, Petra L ^a   Dillard, Joseph P ^a   Keck, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PILIN; RECQ HELICASE;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENE DELETION; HYDROLYSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA, CRUCIFORM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; RECQ HELICASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 58149107445     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06513.x     Document Type: Article

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