Are minichromosomes valid model systems for DNA replication control? Lessons learned from Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 671-675

  Asai, Tsuneaki ^a,c   Bates, David B ^a   Boye, Erik ^b   Kogoma, Tokio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MINICHROMOSOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, GENETIC; ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031881122     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00901.x     Document Type: Review

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