The dnaA gene region of Mycobacterium avium and the autonomous replication activities of its 5' and 3' flanking regions

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2913-2921

  Madiraju, Murty V V S ^a   Qin, Ming Hui ^a   Yamamoto, Kohji ^a   Atkinson, Mark A L ^a   Rajagopalan, Malini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

dnaA; Mycobacterium avium; oriC; Replication initiation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 0032843724     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-10-2913     Document Type: Article

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