Regulatory network of the initiation of chromosomal replication in Escherichia coli

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 331-342

  Kato, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DnaA; Hda; oriC; Sliding clamp

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL CYCLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 29744452137     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409230500366090     Document Type: Review

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