Novel alleles of the Escherichia coli dnaA gene

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 271, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 693-703

  Sutton, Mark D ^a   Kaguni, Jon M ^a  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

DNA replication; DnaA protein; Genetic selection; Novel alleles; pSC101

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA A;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA BINDING; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPRESSOR GENE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031554911     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1209     Document Type: Article

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