DNA supercoiling depends on the phosphorylation potential in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 351-360

  Van Workum, Marielle ^a   Van Dooren, Silvy J M ^a,b   Oldenburg, Nienke ^a   Molenaar, Douwe ^a,b   Jensen, Peter R ^a,c   Snoep, Jacky L ^a,b   Westerhoff, Hans V ^a,b,d  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING);

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DINITROPHENOLS; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSE; PHOSPHORYLATION; POTASSIUM CYANIDE;

EID: 0029943734     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02622.x     Document Type: Article

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