The bacterial replication initiator DnaA. DnaA and oriC, the bacterial mode to initiate DNA replication

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 355-374

  Messer, Walter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

ATP binding DnaA box; DnaB helicase; Plasmid; Protein domain

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN ORIC; REPLICATION INITIATOR PROTEIN DNAA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL CELL; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE LOCUS; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PLASMID; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TITRIMETRY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036843139     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(02)00127-4     Document Type: Review

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