Why is the initiation nick site of an AT-rich rolling circle plasmid at the tip of a GC-rich cruciform?

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 4456-4466

  Jin, Ruzhong ^a   Fernandez Beros, Maria Elena ^a   Novick, Richard P ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cruciform; Initiation nicking site; Recycling; RepC; Rolling circle

Indexed keywords

CRUCIFORM DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PLASMID DNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECRETION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA LIGASES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PLASMIDS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030837968     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.14.4456     Document Type: Article

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