The N-terminus promotes oligomerization of the Escherichia coli initiator protein DnaA

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-66

  Weigel, Christoph ^a   Schmidt, Andrea ^a   Seitz, Harald ^a   Tüngler, Doreen ^a   Welzeck, Michaela ^a   Messer, Walter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA A; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; COLIPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DIMERIZATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032844522     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01568.x     Document Type: Article

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