A role for single-stranded exonucleases in the use of DNA as a nutrient

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3712-3716

  Palchevskiy, Vyacheslav ^a,b   Finkel, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE VII; EXONUCLEASE; EXONUCLEASE X; RECJ PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EXONUCLEASES; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 66149124491     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01678-08     Document Type: Article

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