The Escherichia coli SeqA protein binds specifically and co‐operatively to two sites in hemimethylated and fully methylated oriC
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- 1 June 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 36 (6) , 1319-1326
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01943.x
Abstract
The Escherichia coli SeqA protein has been found to affect initiation of replication negatively, both in vivo and in vitro. The mechanism of inhibition is, however, not known. SeqA has been suggested...Keywords
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