Localisation and interaction of the protein components of the yeast 2μ circle plasmid partitioning system suggest a mechanism for plasmid inheritance

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1779-1789

  Scott Drew, Suzanna ^a   Murray, James A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 plasmid; Plasmid stability; Rep1; Rep2; Segregation

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; INHERITANCE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; YEAST;

CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL CYCLE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; IMMUNE SERA; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MITOSIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0031872251     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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