A naturally occurring point mutation in the 13-mer R repeat affects the oriC function of the large chromosome of Vibrio cholerae 01 classical biotype

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 421-427

  Saha, Arjun ^a   Haralalka, Shruti ^b   Bhadra, Rupak K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^b STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

13 mer repeat; DnaA box; Large chromosome; oriC; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOTYPE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; TANDEM REPEAT; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIONACEAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; TOR; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1; VIBRIONACEAE;

EID: 8644267466     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-004-0708-y     Document Type: Article

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