The inactivated plasmid initiator protein RepC/RepC* may have a regulatory role

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1420-1422

  Rasooly, Avraham ^a,c   Rasooly, Rebekah S ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; REPC PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; DIMERIZATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PLASMIDS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030614332     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.4.1420-1422.1997     Document Type: Article

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