Phylogenetic ubiquity and shuffling of the bacterial RecBCD and AddAB recombination complexes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 5076-5084

  Cromie, Gareth A ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HELICASE; IRON SULFUR CYSTEINE PROTEIN; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; NUCLEASE; PROTEIN ADDAB; PROTEIN RECBCD; RESOLVASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WALKER A BOX PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE V; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE;

EID: 67749119784     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00254-09     Document Type: Article

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