Repair on the Go: E. Coli maintains a high proliferation rate while repairing a chronic DNA double-strand break

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Darmon, Elise ^a   Eykelenboom, John K ^a,b   Lopez Vernaza, Manuel A ^a,c   White, Martin A ^a,d   Leach, David R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c Oak Park Research Centre   (Ireland)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RECA PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; SLMA PROTEIN, E COLI; SULA PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DAMAGE CHECKPOINT; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH RATE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; REC A RECOMBINASES; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

EID: 84908654535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110784     Document Type: Article

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