Bidirectional replication from an internal ori site of the linear N15 plasmid prophage

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 6552-6560

  Ravin, Nikolai V ^b   Kuprianov, Victor V ^b   Gilcrease, Eddie B ^a   Casjens, Sherwood R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME PRECURSOR; HELICASE; TELOMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPLICON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELOMERE;

BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA HELICASES; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME PRECURSORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; PROPHAGES; PROTEINS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; TELOMERASE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0345099615     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg856     Document Type: Article

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