RNase HI overproduction is required for efficient full-length RNA synthesis in the absence of topoisomerase I in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 198-211

  Baaklini, Imad ^a   Hraiky, Chadi ^a   Rallu, Fabien ^a   Tse Dinh, Yuk Ching ^b   Drolet, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE H;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL GROWTH; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REACTIVATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SYNTHESIS;

CULTURE MEDIA; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; RIBONUCLEASE H, CALF THYMUS; RNA, BACTERIAL; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 4744343661     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04258.x     Document Type: Article

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