Replication control of a small cryptic plasmid of Escherichia coli

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 294, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-65

  Burian, Ján ^a,b   Stuchlík, Stanislav ^a,c   Kay, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Microtek International Inc Canada   (Canada)

^c Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Autoregulation; DNA replication; IHF; Plasmid; repA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DIMER; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; MONOMER; OLIGOMER;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033584876     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3266     Document Type: Article

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