A topological view of the replicon

EMBO Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 256-261

  Schvartzman, Jorge B ^a   Stasiak, Andrzej ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Catenane; Knot; Plasmid; Replication; Supercoiling

Indexed keywords

CATENANE; CIRCULAR DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HELICASE;

DNA DENATURATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE DUPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPLICON; REVIEW; XENOPUS;

DNA REPLICATION; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; DNA TOPOISOMERASES; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; REPLICON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 3142665836     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400101     Document Type: Review

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