Replication-transcription conflicts in bacteria

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 449-458

  Merrikh, Houra ^a,b   Zhang, Yan ^c   Grossman, Alan D ^a   Wang, Jue D ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; DING PROTEIN; DKSA PROTEIN; DNA HELICASE II; GREA PROTEIN; GREB PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; HELICASE; RIBONUCLEASE H; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SMALL NUCLEOTIDE GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; TRANSCRIPTION REPAIR COUPLING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; DNA DAMAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENETIC STABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R LOOP; REPLISOME; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84862490443     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2800     Document Type: Review

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