P1 plasmid partition: A mutational analysis of ParB

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 366-382

  Łobocka, Małgorzata ^a,b   Yarmolinsky, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage P1; BNPS skatole; OmpT; Partition; Ribosomal frameshifting

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; CELL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA; PLASMID PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE P1; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CENTROMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030008710     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0326     Document Type: Article

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