Negative regulation of pPS10 plasmid replication: Origin pairing by zipping-up DNA-bound RepA monomers

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 560-572

  Gasset Rosa, Fátima ^a   Díaz López, Teresa ^a   Lurz, Rudi ^b   Prieto, Alicia ^a   Fernández Tresguerres, M Elena ^a   Giraldo, Rafael ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; DIMER; MONOMER; PROTEIN REPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA REPLICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEOMICS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPLICON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PEPTIDE MAPPING; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEOMICS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPLICATION ORIGIN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 41749116117     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06166.x     Document Type: Article

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