Replication of a unit-copy plasmid F in the bacterial cell cycle: A replication rate function analysis

Plasmid

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-30

  Morrison, Paul F ^a   Chattoraj, Dhruba K ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; MONOMER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; DIMERIZATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN FOLDING; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

CELL CYCLE; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; F FACTOR; MODELS, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PLASMID F;

EID: 3042605185     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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