DnaA Protein of Escherichia coli: Oligomerization at the E. coli chromosomal origin is required for initiation and involves specific N-terminal amino acids

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 849-858

  Simmons, Lyle A ^a   Felczak, Magdalena ^a   Kaguni, Jon M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; DNA A; GLUTAMINE; LEUCINE; OLIGOMER; PROLINE; PROTEIN ORIC; REPLICATION INITIATOR PROTEIN DNAA; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOPOLYMERS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNAB HELICASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUTARAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; TEMPERATURE; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0042665854     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03603.x     Document Type: Article

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