Mechanism of action of the Rep protein from the Dictyostelium Ddp2 plasmid family

Plasmid

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 248-259

  Shammat, Iman M ^a   Welker, Dennis L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICASE;

ARTICLE; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA BINDING; DNA REPLICATION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FAMILY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033012479     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1999.1399     Document Type: Article

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