Effects of purified SeqA protein on oriC-dependent DNA replication in vitro

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 4158-4165

  Wold, Sture ^a   Boye, Erik ^a   Slater, Steven ^b,c   Kleckner, Nancy ^b   Skarstad, Kirsten ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

DnaA; Escherichia coli; In vitro replication; Initiation of DNA replication; SeqA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA A; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032528270     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.14.4158     Document Type: Article

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