Bacillus subtilis RecA and its accessory factors, RecF, RecO, RecR and RecX, are required for spore resistance to DNA double-strand break

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2295-2307

  Vlašić, Ignacija ^a,b   Mertens, Ramona ^a   Seco, Elena M ^c   Carrasco, Begoña ^c   Ayora, Silvia ^c   Reitz, Günther ^a   Commichau, Fabian M ^d   Alonso, Juan C ^c   Moeller, Ralf ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; LEXA PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN; RECF PROTEIN; RECO PROTEIN; RECR PROTEIN; RECX PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; GENE INACTIVATION; IONIZING RADIATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; SPORE GERMINATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPLICATION; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MUTATION; REC A RECOMBINASES; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84895835619     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt1194     Document Type: Article

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