Topoisomerase IV, alone, unknots DNA in E. coli

Genes and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 748-761

  Deibler, Richard W ^a   Rahmati, Sonia ^a   Zechiedrich, E Lynn ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA catenane; DNA replication; DNA supercoiling; Gyrase; Quinolone; Site specific recombination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CATENANE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

DNA; DNA GYRASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035868644     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.872301     Document Type: Article

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