Isolation of SOS constitutive mutants of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 7149-7160

  O'Reilly, Erin K ^a   Kreuzer, Kenneth N ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; NALIDIXIC ACID; RECA PROTEIN; SOS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DAM GENE; DCD GENE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FTSE GENE; FTSX GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; LEX A GENE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURF GENE; RECG GENE; REGULON; REP GENE; REPORTER GENE; TDCE GENE; TRANSPOSON; TYNA GENE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; XERCD GENE;

DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; REC A RECOMBINASES; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 6044220123     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.21.7149-7160.2004     Document Type: Article

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