Genetic characterization of the nucleotide excision repair system of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 665-673

  LeCuyer, Brian E ^a   Criss, Alison K ^a,b   Seifert, H Steven ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MFD PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVRA PROTEIN; UVRB PROTEIN; UVRC PROTEIN; UVRD PROTEIN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MISMATCH REPAIR; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; TRANSPOSON; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KINETICS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 75149134463     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01018-09     Document Type: Article

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