Comparative analysis of Caulobacter chromosome replication origins

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1215-1225

  Shaheen, S M ^a   Ouimet, Marie Claude ^a   Marczynski, Gregory T ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA A; PROTEIN CTRA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CTRA PROTEIN, CAULOBACTER; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNAA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; FRESH WATER; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; SEA WATER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BINDING SITE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; CAULOBACTER; CHEMISTRY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

CAULOBACTER; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CAULOBACTER; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPORATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FRESH WATER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 65649131552     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.025528-0     Document Type: Article

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