Replication of Vibrio cholerae chromosome I in Escherichia coli: dependence on dam methylation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 3903-3914

  Koch, Birgit ^a   Ma, Xiaofang ^a   Løbner Olesen, Anders ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN DAM; PROTEIN SEQA; REPLICATION INITIATOR PROTEIN DNAA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DAM PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HDA PROTEIN, E COLI; SITE SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE SPECIFIC);

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 77955302574     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00311-10     Document Type: Article

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