Lagging-strand replication from the ssoA origin of plasmid pMV158 in Streptococcus pneumoniae: In vivo and in vitro influences of mutations in two conserved ssoA regions

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-89

  Kramer, M Gabriela ^a,b   Khan, Saleem A ^b   Espinosa, Manuel ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031963077     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.1.83-89.1998     Document Type: Article

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