A Temperature-Sensitive Mutation in the dnaE Gene of Caulobacter crescentus that Prevents Initiation of DNA Replication but Not Ongoing Elongation of DNA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1205-1212

  Lo, Teresa ^a   Van Der Schalie, Ellena ^b   Werner, Theresa ^a   Brun, Yves V ^a   Din, Neena ^a,b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE GAMMA; DNAE PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOLOENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL DIVISION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNAE GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEAT SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL DIVISION; DNA POLYMERASE III; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MUTATION; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1142310714     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.4.1205-1212.2004     Document Type: Article

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