A new model for SOS-induced mutagenesis: How RecA protein activates DNA polymerase v

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 171-184

  Patel, Meghna ^a   Jiang, Qingfei ^a   Woodgate, Roger ^b   Cox, Michael M ^c   Goodman, Myron F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Mutational mechanisms; Polymerase transactivation; RecA nucleoprotein filament; Translesion synthesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA POLYMERASE; DNA POLYMERASE V; LEXA PROTEIN; PROTEIN UMUC; PROTEIN UMUD; RAD51 PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BINDING SITE; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA DAMAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; HYDROLYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS; REC A RECOMBINASES; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77952843550     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: 15497798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10409238.2010.480968     Document Type: Review

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