Differential roles of proteins involved in migration of Holliday junctions on recombination and tolerance to DNA damaging agents in Rhizobium etli

Gene

Volumn 432, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 26-32

  Martínez Salazar, Jaime M ^a   Zuñiga Castillo, Jacobo ^a   Romero, David ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Heteroduplex; Homologous and homeologous recombination

Indexed keywords

MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; NALIDIXIC ACID; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN MUTS; PROTEIN RADA; PROTEIN RUVB; RECG HELICASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENE MUTATION; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MISMATCH REPAIR; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA DAMAGE; DNA MISMATCH REPAIR; DNA, CRUCIFORM; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

PROTEOBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

EID: 58549102894     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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