A gyrase mutant with low activity disrupts supercoiling at the replication terminus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 7773-7783

  Pang, Zhenhua ^a   Chen, Ray ^a   Manna, Dipankar ^a   Higgins, N Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) B; RECA PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SALMONELLA; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DNA GYRASE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; MUTATION, MISSENSE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

EID: 27744497440     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.22.7773-7783.2005     Document Type: Article

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