Mapping of the replication origin of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome by the two-dimensional gel method

Gene

Volumn 176, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 81-84

  Moriya, Shigeki ^a   Ogasawara, Naotake ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA polymerase III; DnaA box; dnaA gene; Inhibitor; Prokaryote; Replication initiation; Synchronous culture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHROMOSOME MAP; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030591799     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00223-5     Document Type: Article

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