Low efficiency of homology-facilitated illegitimate recombination during conjugation in escherichia coli

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Amarir Bouhram, Jihane ^a   Goin, Mélodie ^a   Petit, Marie Agnès ^a  

^a UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; PROTEIN RECBCD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CIRCULAR DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE V; HELICASE; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION DNA HELICASE, E COLI;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CHROMOSOME; CROSSING OVER; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; HOMOLOGY FACILITATED ILLEGITIMATE RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; RECA GENE; RECBCD GENE; RECFOR GENE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA HELICASES; DNA, CIRCULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE V; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MUTATION; PLASMIDS;

EID: 83455205902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028876     Document Type: Article

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