Functional specificity of the replication fork-arrest complexes of Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli: Significant specificity for Tus-Ter functioning in E. coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1327-1335

  Andersen, P A ^a   Griffiths, A A ^a   Duggin, I G ^a   Wake, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HELICASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 0033937402     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01945.x     Document Type: Article

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