Organization of supercoil domains and their reorganization by transcription

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1511-1521

  Deng, Shuang ^a   Stein, Richard A ^a   Higgins, N Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SALMONELLA; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 25144495578     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04796.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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