Single-stranded DNA-binding protein enhances the stability of CTG triplet repeats in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 5042-5044

  Rosche, William A ^a   Jaworski, Adam ^a,c,d   Kang, Seongman ^a,e   Kramer, Shannon F ^a   Larson, Jacquelynn E ^a   Geidroc, David P ^b   Wells, Robert D ^a   Sinden, Richard R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029762671     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.16.5042-5044.1996     Document Type: Article

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