Negative control of plasmid pSC101 replication by increased concentrations of both initiator protein and iterons

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-37

  Furuno, Sigekazu ^a   Watanabe Murakami, Yuhko ^a   Takebe Suzuki, Naoko ^a   Yamaguchi, Kazuo ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Copy number; Incompatibility; Plasmid; PSC101; Replication initiator protein

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DIMERIZATION; DNA REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

EID: 0034108613     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.46.29     Document Type: Article

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