Characterization of a unique type IA topoisomerase in Bacillus cereus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 140-151

  Li, Zhiyu ^a   Hiasa, Hiroshi ^b   DiGate, Russell ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DECATENASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IIIALPHA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IIIBETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33644847122     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05070.x     Document Type: Article

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