DNA replication defect in the Escherichia coli cgtA(ts) mutant arising from reduced DnaA levels

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 340-347

  Sikora, Aleksandra E ^a,b   Zielke, Ryszard ^a,b   Węgrzyn, Alicja ^c   Wȩgrzyn, Grzegorz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

CgtA protein; DNA replication; DnaA initiator protein; GTP binding proteins; Obg proteins; SeqA protein

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA; DNA A; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CGTA GENE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; SEQA GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33646725156     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-006-0099-3     Document Type: Article

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