A comprehensive set of DnaA-box mutations in the replication origin, oriC, of Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 301-311

  Langer, Uwe ^a,b   Richter, Stefan ^a,c   Roth, Angelika ^a   Weigel, Christoph ^a   Messer, Walter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029742491     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.6481362.x     Document Type: Article

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