Asymmetrical progression of replication forks just after initiation on Mycoplasma capricolum chromosome revealed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis

Gene

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-47

  Miyata, M ^a   Fukumura, T ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

dnaA; Fork arrest; Fork velocity; Replication origin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA SEQUENCE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA CAPRICOLUM; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 0030790449     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00075-9     Document Type: Article

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