Double-strand break repair in bacteria: A view from Bacillus subtilis

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1055-1081

  Ayora, Silvia ^a   Carrasco, Begoña ^a   Cárdenas, Paula P ^a   César, Carolina E ^a   Cañas, Cristina ^a   Yadav, Tribhuwan ^a   Marchisone, Chiara ^a   Alonso, Juan C ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Double strand break; Endprocessing; NHEJ; Protein localization; Protein protein interaction; Recombination functions

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHROMOSOME; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA TRANSFER; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; REC A RECOMBINASES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80053562553     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2011.00272.x     Document Type: Review

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