Article
The mmsA locus of Streptococcus pneumoniae encodes a RecG-like protein involved in DNA repair and in three-strand recombination.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Mar 1996
Martin B, Sharples G J, Humbert O, Lloyd R G, Claverys J P
Abstract excerpt
We describe the characterization of a mutant strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae previously isolated on the basis of its sensitivity to Methyl Methane Sulphonate (MMS). The mutant strain also exhibited increased sensitivity to UV light and to X-rays, together with a reduced capacity for recombinat...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Bacterial Proteins
- Base Composition
- Base Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA Helicases
- DNA Repair
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Methyl Methanesulfonate
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Recombination, Genetic
- Restriction Mapping
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Streptococcus pneumoniae