Increase in negative supercoiling of plasmid DNA in Escherichia coli exposed to cold shock

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 381-386

  Mizushima, Tohru ^a   Kataoka, Kazuhiro ^a   Ogata, Yasuyuki ^a   Inoue, Ryu Ichi ^a   Sekimizu, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); NALIDIXIC ACID;

ARTICLE; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031023127     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2181582.x     Document Type: Article

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