Plasmid rolling-circle replication

Microbiology Spectrum

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ruiz Maso J A ^a   Machon C ^b,c   Bordanaba Ruiseco, L ^a   Espinosa, M ^a   Coll, M ^b,c   Del Solar, G ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; DNA HELICASE; REPLICATION INITIATOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA REPLICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLASMID;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84940111503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21650497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.PLAS-0035-2014     Document Type: Article

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