Bipolar localization of the group II intron Ll.LtrB is maintained in Escherichia coli deficient in nucleoid condensation, chromosome partitioning and DNA replication

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 709-722

  Beauregard, Arthur ^a,b   Chalamcharla, Venkata R ^a,b   Piazza, Carol Lyn ^a   Belfort, Marlene ^a,b   Coros, Colin J ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; MREB PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN DELTA ORIC; PROTEIN LL.LTRB; PROTEIN LTRA; PROTEIN MIGS; PROTEIN MUKB; PROTEIN SEQA; PROTEIN STPA; PROTEIN TUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS STRUCTURES; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX; RETROELEMENTS; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33749994004     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05419.x     Document Type: Article

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