The repair of DNA breaks in Escherichia coli and analysis of the bacterial recombination protein RecN
A DNA double-strand break is an exceptionally toxic lesion that threatens the structural and functional integrity of the genome. In this thesis the repair of DSBs was investigated using the bacterium Escherichia coli, which repairs DNA breaks almost exclusively by homologous recombination. The studi...
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| Format: | Thesis (University of Nottingham only) |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/10685/ |