Speculations on the initiation of chromosome replication in Escherichia coli: The dualism hypothesis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 706-716

  Norris, Vic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; PREBIOTIC AGENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; ECOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; MACROMOLECULE; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; ORIC GENE; POLYMERIZATION; RIBOSOME;

AEQUORIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATIONS; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IONS; LIPOSOMES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79954415214     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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