Three novel plasmid R6K proteins act in concert to distort DNA within the α and β origins of DNA replication

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 985-996

  Flashner, Yehuda ^a   Shlomai, Joseph ^b   Shafferman, Avigdor ^a  

^a ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029976305     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.428960.x     Document Type: Article

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