A novel promoter motif for Caulobacter cell cycle-controlled DNA replication genes

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 264, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 412-425

  Winzeler, Elizabeth ^a   Shapiro, Lucy ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caulobacter; Cell cycle; DNA polymerase III; dnaX; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE GAMMA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; START CODON; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030572985     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0650     Document Type: Article

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