P1 and P7 plasmid partition: ParB protein bound to its partition site makes a separate discriminator contact with the DNA that determines species specificity

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1155-1162

  Radnedge, Lyndsay ^a   Davis, Michael A ^a   Austin, Stuart J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Discriminator; P1; ParB; Partition; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PARB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0029961050     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00454.x     Document Type: Article

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