Termination of DNA replication of bacterial and plasmid chromosomes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1611-1618

  Bussiere, Dirksen E ^a   Bastia, Deepak ^b  

^a Department of Structural Biology   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELICASE; PLASMID DNA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANS ACTING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033032373     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01287.x     Document Type: Article

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