Origin inactivation in bacterial DNA replication control

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-15

  Paulsson, Johan ^a,b   Chattoraj, Dhruba K ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA POLYMERASE;

AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BINDING SITE; CELL CYCLE; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33745192288     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05229.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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