Termination Structures in the Escherichia coli Chromosome Replication Fork Trap

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 387, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 532-539

  Duggin, Iain G ^a,b   Bell, Stephen D ^a,b  

^a HUTCHISON MRC RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dif; fork arrest; replication pause; Ter; Tus

Indexed keywords

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 62049085766     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.02.027     Document Type: Article

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