DnaA boxes are important elements in setting the initiation mass of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2683-2688

  Christensen, Bjarke Bak ^a   Atlung, Tove ^a,b   Hansen, Flemming G ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA A; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING SITE; CELL SIZE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REACTION TIME; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

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

EID: 0032957449     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.9.2683-2688.1999     Document Type: Article

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