Modulation of DNA damage tolerance in Escherichia coli recG and ruv strains by mutations affecting PriB, the ribosome and RNA polymerase

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 675-691

  Mahdi, Akeel A ^a   Briggs, Geoffrey S ^a   Lloyd, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; NUSA PROTEIN; PRIB PROTEIN; RECG HELICASE; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIB GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPLISOME; RNA POLYMERASE A GENE; RNA POLYMERASE B GENE; RNA POLYMERASE C GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RIBOSOMES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84868137684     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12010     Document Type: Article

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