IHF and HU stimulate assembly of pre-replication complexes at Escherichia coli oriC by two different mechanisms

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 113-124

  Ryan, Valorie T ^a   Grimwade, Julia E ^a   Nievera, Christian J ^a   Leonard, Alan C ^a  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX; REPLICATION ORIGIN; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036035581     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03129.x     Document Type: Article

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