Plasmid DNA supercoiling and gyrase activity in Escherichia coli wild-type and rpoS stationary-phase cells

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1097-1100

  Reyes Domínguez, Yazmid ^a,b   Contreras Ferrat, Gabriel ^a   Ramírez Santos, Jesús ^a   Membrillo Hernández, Jorge ^a   Gómez Eichelmann, M Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); PLASMID DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHASE TRANSITION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA GYRASE; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIGASES; PLASMIDS; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037307771     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.3.1097-1100.2003     Document Type: Article

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