DnaA protein binding to individual DnaA boxes in the Escherichia coli replication origin, oriC

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 6574-6583

  Weigel, Christoph ^a   Schmidt, Andrea ^a   Rückert, Beate ^a   Lurz, Rudi ^a   Messer, Walter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Band shift assay; DnaA; Electron microscopy; Initiation complex; oriC

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CURVED DNA; DNA A; NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA TEMPLATE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPLICATION ORIGIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030728450     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.21.6574     Document Type: Article

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