A genetic selection for supercoiling mutants of Escherichia coli reveals proteins implicated in chromosome structure

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1636-1652

  Hardy, Christine D ^a   Cozzarelli, Nicholas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DKSA PROTEIN; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; TRANSKETOLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CASSETTE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SELECTION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SELECTION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 25144476232     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04799.x     Document Type: Article

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