Separation of recombination and SOS response in Escherichia coli RecA suggests LexA interaction sites

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Adikesavan, Anbu K ^a   Katsonis, Panagiotis ^a   Marciano, David C ^a   Lua, Rhonald ^a   Herman, Christophe ^a   Lichtarge, Olivier ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; DNA; LEXA PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LEXA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DNA DAMAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; DNA REPAIR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; REC A RECOMBINASES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

EID: 80053453491     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002244     Document Type: Article

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