The partitioning activity of the RK2 central control region requires only incC, korB and KorB-binding site O(B)3 but other KorB-binding sites form destabilizing complexes in the absence of O(B)3

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3369-3378

  Williams, D Ross ^a,b   Macartney, Donia P ^a   Thomas, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broad host range plasmid; Mitotic apparatus; Plasmid partitioning; Plasmid RK2

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENOME; MITOSIS; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032408508     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-12-3369     Document Type: Article

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