Mechanisms of separation of the complementary strands of DNA during replication

Genetica

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 131-140

  Alexandrov, A I ^a   Cozzarelli, N R ^a   Holmes, V F ^a   Khodursky, A B ^b   Peter, B J ^a   Postow, L ^a   Rybenkov, V ^a   Vologodskii, A V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial chromosome; Chromosome segregation; Supercoiling; Topological domains; Unlinking

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA TOPOISOMERASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033369761     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003749416449     Document Type: Article

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