DnaA proteins of Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis: Coordinate actions with single-stranded DNA-binding protein and interspecies inhibition during open complex formation at the replication origins

Gene

Volumn 228, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 123-132

  Krause, M ^a   Messer, W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA unwinding; Initiation of replication; Initiator protein; Open complex; oriC

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033522133     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00009-8     Document Type: Article

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