DnaA and the timing of chromosome replication in Es-cherichia coli as a function of growth rate

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Grant, Matthew A A ^a   Saggioro, Chiara ^b   Ferrari, Ulisse ^c   Bassetti, Bruno ^d,e   Sclavi, Bianca ^b   Cosentino Lagomarsino, Marco ^d,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan   (France)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^f UMR 7238   (France)

^g SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNAA PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA REPLICATION TIMING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA REPLICATION TIMING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYDROLYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 83755173946     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-5-201     Document Type: Article

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