The θ Subunit of Escherichia coli DNA Polymerase III: A Role in Stabilizing the ε Proofreading Subunit

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2774-2780

  Taft Benz, Sharon A ^a,b   Schaaper, Roel M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE GAMMA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MISMATCH REPAIR; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; YEAST;

ALLELES; DNA POLYMERASE III; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HOLOENZYMES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1942539340     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.9.2774-2780.2004     Document Type: Article

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