Transposable Prophage Mu Is Organized as a Stable Chromosomal Domain of E. coli

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Saha, Rudra P ^a   Lou, Zheng ^a   Meng, Luke ^a   Harshey, Rasika M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; CRE RECOMBINASE; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION; HU PROTEIN; LEUCINE; PROTEIN IHF; PROTEIN LOXP; PROTEIN MUB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST CELL; KARYOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BACTERIOPHAGE MU; CHROMOSOMES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA GYRASE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYSOGENY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84888224188     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003902     Document Type: Article

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