Caulobacter Lon protease has a critical role in cell-cycle control of DNA methylation

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1532-1542

  Wright, Rachel ^a   Stephens, Craig ^a   Zweiger, Gary ^a,b   Shapiro, Lucy ^a   Alley, M R K ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C. crescentus; CcrM; cell cycle; DNA methyltransferase; Lon protease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 0029743593     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.12.1532     Document Type: Article

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