Site recR
- Name: recR
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b0472 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Recombination
- Left End Point: 10.64
- Right End Point: 10.65
- Direction: >
- Priority: 0
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
recR776(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10834 EcoliWiki recR - Comment:
- involved in recomb.process of DNA repair that relies also on recF and recO,possibly recJ,but independent of recBCD. reduced effic. of Hfr recomb. in recBC sbc backgrds.In recBC+ backgrd,plasmid rec-
- References:
- Mahdi, A.A., R.G. Lloyd 1989. Identification of the recR locus of Escherichia coli K-12 and analysis of its role in recombination and DNA repair. Mol.Gen.Genet. 216:503-510
- Liu, Y.H., A.J. Cheng, T.C. Wang 1998. Involvement of recF, recO, and recR genes in UV-radiation mutagenesis of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 180:1766-1770