Evidence for involvement of Escherichia coli genes pmbA, csrA and a previously unrecognized gene tldD, in the control of DNA gyrase by letD (ccdB) of sex factor F

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 483-502

  Murayama, Nobuhiro ^a,b   Shimizu, Hiroki ^a,c   Takiguchi, Souichi ^a,d   Baba, Yoshifumi ^a,e   Amino, Hisako ^a   Horiuchi, Tadao ^a,f   Sekimizu, Kazuhisa ^a   Miki, Takeyoshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EISAI CO LTD   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^e KISSEI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^f SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromosome segregation; DNA gyrase; Escherichia coli; F plasmid; letD (ccdB) gene

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); GENE PRODUCT; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ENZYME REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029960808     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0103     Document Type: Article

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