Growth inhibition mediated by excess negative supercoiling: The interplay between transcription elongation, R-loop formation and DNA topology

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 723-730

  Drolet, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA POLYMERASE;

DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RIBOSOME; RNA METABOLISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SHORT SURVEY; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33645052194     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.05006.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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