title: Role of recBC nuclease in Escherichia coli transformation.
abstract: In Escherichia coli transformation with linear donor deoxyribonucleic acid, the recBC pathway is functional, but genetic analysis shows that the recBC nuclease is deleterious to linear deoxyribonucleic acid.
mesh_terms: D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D003851:Deoxyribonucleases / Q000502:physiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D043211:Exodeoxyribonuclease V; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D014169:Transformation, Bacterial
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D003851:Deoxyribonucleases; D043211:Exodeoxyribonuclease V; C468322:exodeoxyribonuclease V, E coli