Conversion of Linear DNA with Hairpin Telomeres into a Circular Molecule in the Course of Phage N15 Lytic Replication

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 391, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-268

  Mardanov, Andrey V ^a   Ravin, Nikolai V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

bacteriophage N15; DNA replication; linear plasmid; protelomerase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; CIRCULAR DNA; DNA; LINEAR DNA; TELOMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; COLIPHAGE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; TELOMERE; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 67650979184     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.06.021     Document Type: Article

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