P1 Ref Endonuclease: A Molecular Mechanism for Phage-Enhanced Antibiotic Lethality

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ronayne, Erin A ^a   Wan, Y C Serena ^a   Boudreau, Beth A ^a   Landick, Robert ^a   Cox, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ENDONUCLEASE; RECA PROTEIN; REDOX EFFECTOR FACTOR 1; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; VIRAL PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DNA BINDING; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METABOLISM; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; LYSOGENIZATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE P1; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

BACTERIOPHAGE P1; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; LYSOGENY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; REC A RECOMBINASES; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84958730025     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005797     Document Type: Article

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