A mutant Escherichia coli primase defective in elongation of primer RNA chains

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3761-3767

  Sun, Wuliang ^a   Schoneich, Jerzy ^a   Godson, G Nigel ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA PRIMASE; LYSINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PRIMER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032980019     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.12.3761-3767.1999     Document Type: Article

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