The Sinorhizobium meliloti chromosomal origin of replication

Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 443-455

  Sibley, Christopher D ^a   MacLellan, Shawn R ^a   Finan, Turlough M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPLICATION PROTEIN A;

ALFALFA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BINDING SITE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CELL; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURIFICATION; RHIZOBIACEAE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIONT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIACEAE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 32244444923     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28455-0     Document Type: Article

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