Comparison of responses to double-strand breaks between Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis reveals different requirements for SOS induction

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1152-1161

  Simmons, Lyle A ^a,b   Goranov, Alexi I ^a   Kobayashi, Hajime ^a   Davies, Bryan W ^a   Yuan, Daniel S ^a   Grossman, Alan D ^a   Walker, Graham C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LEXA PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN; RECN PROTEIN; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; CELL DEATH; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IONIZING RADIATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; REGULON; WILD TYPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

EID: 60849101060     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01292-08     Document Type: Article

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