Preponderance of Fis-binding sites in the R6K γ origin and the curious effect of the penicillin resistance marker on replication of this origin in the absence of Fis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 4965-4974

  Wu, Frank ^a   Wu, Jiazhen ^a   Ehley, Jennifer ^a   Filutowicz, Marcin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029742634     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.16.4965-4974.1996     Document Type: Article

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