Gyrase and Topo IV modulate chromosome domain size in vivo

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1435-1448

  Staczek, Pawel ^a,b   Higgins, N Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); RESOLVASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE MU; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME SIZE; DNA BINDING; DNA HELIX; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE MU; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031712188     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01025.x     Document Type: Article

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