The RecX protein interacts with the RecA protein and modulates its activity in herbaspirillum seropedicae

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1127-1134

  Galvao C W ^a   Souza, E M ^b   Etto, R M ^a   Pedrosa, F O ^b   Chubatsu, L S ^b   Yates, M G ^b   Schumacher, J ^c   Buck, M ^c   Steffens, M B R ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF PONTA GROSSA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Herbaspirillum seropedicae; RecA; RecX; SOS repair

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN; RECX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HERBASPIRILLUM; HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HERBASPIRILLUM; PROTEIN BINDING; REC A RECOMBINASES;

EID: 84872354278     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2012007500160     Document Type: Article

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