Negative control of replication initiation by a novel chromosomal locus exhibiting exceptional affinity for Escherichia coli DnaA protein

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 3032-3043

  Kitagawa, Risa ^a,c   Ozaki, Toru ^a   Moriya, Shigeki ^b   Ogawa, Tohru ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

DatA; DnaA; Initiation; oriC; Replication

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; DNA BINDING; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

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

EID: 0032190630     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.19.3032     Document Type: Article

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