Identification of dnaX as a high-copy suppressor of the conditional lethal and partition phenotypes of the parE10 allele

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1232-1240

  Levine, Cindy ^a   Marians, Kenneth J ^a,b  

^a Weill Cornell Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE GAMMA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; PROTEIN DNAX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

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

EID: 0031951904     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.5.1232-1240.1998     Document Type: Article

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