Interaction of the Escherichia coli DnaA protein with bacteriophage λ DNA

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 259, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 679-688

  Szalewska Palasz, A ^a   Weigel, C ^b   Speck, C ^b   Srutkowska, S ^a   Konopa, G ^a   Lurz, R ^b   Marszalek, J ^a   Taylor, K ^a   Messer, W ^b   Wegrzyn, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage ; DNA protein complexes; DnaA DNA interactions; Electron microscopy; Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; DNA BINDING; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; RNA SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA PRIMERS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPLICATION ORIGIN;

EID: 15644379993     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050863     Document Type: Article

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