Bacteriophage-encoded functions engaged in initiation of homologous recombination events Bacteriophage-encoded functions engaged in initiation of homologous recombination events

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 197-220

  Szczepańska, Agnieszka K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anti RecBCD activity; Phage P22 Erf; Phage Phage; Recombination functions; Red; Syn Exo two component systems; T4 UvsX

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; COLIPHAGE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; LIFE CYCLE; MYCOBACTERIOPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

BACILLUS PHAGES; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BACTERIOPHAGE P22; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; MYCOBACTERIOPHAGES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; MYCOBACTERIUM PHAGE CHE9C;

EID: 70350500013     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: 15497828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408410902983129     Document Type: Review

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