Isolation and characterization of novel cold-sensitive dnaA mutants of Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 357-366

  Guo, Lei ^a,b   Katayama, Tsutomu ^a   Seyama, Yousuke ^b   Sekimizu, Kazuhisa ^a   Miki, Takeyoshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold sensitive mutation; DNA replication; dnaA gene; Escherichia coli; Plasmid shuffling

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA A; MANGANESE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE ISOLATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLD; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS; R FACTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033031326     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00261-X     Document Type: Article

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