Autoregulation of the Escherichia coli replication initiator protein, DnaA, is indirect

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1303-1315

  Smith, R W P ^a,b   McAteer, Sean ^a   Masters, Millicent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMB Jena   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA A; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOMEOSTASIS; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030945221     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3121675.x     Document Type: Article

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