Replication fork arrest and termination of chromosome replication in Bacillus subtilis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 247-254

  Wake, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Replication fork arrest; Replication terminator protein; RTP; STer site; Ter site; Termination of replication

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MARKER GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030740823     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00245-0     Document Type: Review

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