The Escherichia coli SeqA protein

Plasmid

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 141-150

  Waldminghaus, Torsten ^a   Skarstad, Kirsten ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chromosome organization; Methylation; Regulation of replication

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; DIMER; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PROTEIN SEQA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE COMPONENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 64749105626     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2009.02.004     Document Type: Review

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