Allele specificity of the Escherichia coli dnaA gene function in the replication of plasmids derived from phage λ

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 252, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 580-586

  Wȩgrzyn, Grzegorz ^a   Wȩgrzyn, Alicja ^a   Pankiewicz, Areta ^a,b   Taylor, Karol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chaperone proteins; Coliphage ; DnaA initiator; Regulation of DNA replication; Transcriptional activation

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GLYCINE CLEAVAGE SYSTEM; HELICASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CELL DIVISION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TEMPERATURE; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029907413     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050265     Document Type: Article

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