Replication initiation at the Escherichia coli chromosomal origin

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 606-613

  Kaguni, Jon M ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE GAMMA; DNA PRIMASE; DNAB HELICASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HOLOENZYME;

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INTERACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA POLYMERASE III; DNA PRIMASE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNAB HELICASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; PROTEIN BINDING; REPLICATION ORIGIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80053564711     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.07.016     Document Type: Review

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