The replisome organizer (G38P) of Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage SPP1 forms specialized nucleoprotein complexes with two discrete distant regions of the SPP1 genome

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 50-64

  Missich, Riccardo ^a   Weise, Frank ^a,b   Chai, Sunghee ^a   Lurz, Rudi ^b   Pedré, Xiomara ^a,b   Alonso, Juan C ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA replication; Phage biology; Protein assembly; Replication initiation protein; Replication origin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS PHAGE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VIRUS GENOME;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0031552604     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1060     Document Type: Article

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