The Bacillus subtilis DNA replication terminator

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 260, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-69

  Smith, M T ^b   De Vries, C J ^a   Langley, D B ^b   King, G F ^b   Wake, R G ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; DNA protein interaction; Fork arrest; Replication terminator; Terminator protein

Indexed keywords

TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0002647194     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0381     Document Type: Article

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