A novel DnaA protein-binding site at 94.7 min on the Escherichia coll chromosome

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1137-1147

  Kitagawa, Risa ^a   Mitsuki, Hironobu ^a   Okazaki, Tuneko ^a   Ogawa, Tohru ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0030003443     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.453983.x     Document Type: Article

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