Paper · 6300909

Activation of Chi, a recombinator, by the action of an endonuclease at a distant site.

Stahl MM and 3 others. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 1983. Cited by 56 papers, by iCite.

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Title: Activation of Chi, a recombinator, by the action of an endonuclease at a distant site.; PubMed
Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A; PubMed
Year: 1983; PubMed
Publication types: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.; PubMed
PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6300909/; PubMed
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.80.8.2310; PubMed
PMC: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC393809/; PubMed
The journal: https://conductscience.org/library/journal-index/7505876; PubMed
Citations, by iCite: 56; iCite
Relative citation ratio, by iCite: 1.24; iCite
Revised in PubMed: 2019-05-01; PubMed

Authors4

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Order	Author	Forename
1	Stahl MM	M M
2	Kobayashi I	I
3	Stahl FW	F W
4	Huntington SK	S K

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Topics6

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MeSH term	Major
Genes, Bacterial	Major topic
Recombination, Genetic	Major topic
Bacteriophage lambda
Chromosome Mapping
DNA Restriction Enzymes
Escherichia coli

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References30

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Order	PMID	Title	Journal	Year	In Papers	Source
1	4,891,223	New mutations in the S cistron of bacteriophage lambda affecting host cell lysis.	Virology	1969	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/4891223	PubMed
2	5,760,458	Recombination in bacteriophage lambda. I. Mutants deficient in general recombination.	J Mol Biol	1968	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/5760458	PubMed
3	4,341,749	Mutants of Escherichia coli with altered deoxyribonucleases. I. Isolation and characterization of mutants for exonuclease 3.	J Mol Biol	1972	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/4341749	PubMed
4	4,343,974	DNA nucleotide sequence restricted by the RI endonuclease.	Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A	1972	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/4343974	PubMed
5	4,415,484	Rec-mediated recombinational hot spot activity in bacteriophage lambda. I. Hot spot activity associated with spi-deletions and bio substitutions.	Genetics	1974	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/4415484	PubMed
6	4,415,485	Rec-mediated recombinational hot spot activity in bacteriophage lambda. II. A mutation which causes hot spot activity.	Genetics	1974	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/4415485	PubMed
7	1,093,930	Recombination-deficient deletions in bacteriophage lambda and their interaction with chi mutations.	Genetics	1975	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/1093930	PubMed
8	1,142,440	Rec-mediated recombinational hot spot activity in bacteriophage lambda. III. Chi mutations are site-mutations stimulating rec-mediated recombination.	J Mol Biol	1975	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/1142440	PubMed
9	1,186,661	Rec-mediated recombinational hot spot activity in bacteriophage lambda. IV. Effect of heterology on Chi-stimulated crossing over.	Mol Gen Genet	1975	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/1186661	PubMed
10	1,103,146	In vitro construction of bacteriophage lambda carrying segments of the Escherichia coli chromosome: selection of hybrids containing the gene for DNA ligase.	Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A	1975	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/1103146	PubMed

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Cited by29

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PMID	Title	Journal	Year	In Papers	Source
37,148,195	Base-excision restriction enzymes: expanding the world of epigenetic immune systems.	DNA Res	2023	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/37148195	PubMed
31,206,249	Characterization of large deletions of the MECP2 gene in Rett syndrome patients by gene dosage analysis.	Mol Genet Genomic Med	2019	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/31206249	PubMed
23,471,617	Diverse functions of restriction-modification systems in addition to cellular defense.	Microbiol Mol Biol Rev	2013	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/23471617	PubMed
22,534,164	Genome-wide survey of mutual homologous recombination in a highly sexual bacterial species.	Genome Biol Evol	2012	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/22534164	PubMed
21,305,031	IS-linked movement of a restriction-modification system.	PLoS One	2011	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/21305031	PubMed
19,401,438	S-adenosyl homocysteine and DNA ends stimulate promiscuous nuclease activities in the Type III restriction endonuclease EcoPI.	Nucleic Acids Res	2009	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/19401438	PubMed
12,732,532	Genetic organization and molecular analysis of the EcoVIII restriction-modification system of Escherichia coli E1585-68 and its comparison with isospecific homologs.	Appl Environ Microbiol	2003	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/12732532	PubMed
11,557,807	Behavior of restriction-modification systems as selfish mobile elements and their impact on genome evolution.	Nucleic Acids Res	2001	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/11557807	PubMed
10,839,821	Type I restriction systems: sophisticated molecular machines (a legacy of Bertani and Weigle).	Microbiol Mol Biol Rev	2000	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/10839821	PubMed
10,735,865	Cellular responses to postsegregational killing by restriction-modification genes.	J Bacteriol	2000	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/10735865	PubMed

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