Topological insulators inhibit diffusion of transcription-induced positive supercoils in the chromosome of Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 601-610

  Moulin, Laurent ^a   Rahmouni, A Rachid ^a   Boccard, Frédéric ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING);

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CATALYSIS; DIFFUSION; DNA HELIX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DIFFUSION; DNA GYRASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCURONIDASE; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TERMINATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 13144257718     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04411.x     Document Type: Article

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