The nucleotide excision repair system of borrelia burgdorferi is the sole pathway involved in repair of DNA damage by UV light

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2220-2231

  Hardy, Pierre Olivier ^a   Chaconas, George ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVRA PROTEIN; UVRB PROTEIN; UVRC PROTEIN; UVRD PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE MUTATION; MALE; MISMATCH REPAIR; MOUSE; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RECOMBINATION REPAIR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84877994142     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00043-13     Document Type: Article

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