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Isolation of the topB gene encoding DNA topoisomerase III as a multicopy suppressor of topA null mutations in Escherichia coli.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Broccoli S, Phoenix P, Drolet M
Abstract excerpt
One major function of DNA topoisomerase I in Escherichia coli is to repress R-loop formation during transcription elongation, which may otherwise inhibit cell growth. We have previously shown that the growth problems of topA mutants can be corrected by overproducing RNase H, an enzyme that degrades the RNA moiety of an R-loop. The goal of the present study was to identify other potential regulators of R-loop...
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