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Chromosome demise in the wake of ligase-deficient replication.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Jun 2012
Kouzminova Elena A, Kuzminov Andrei
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial DNA ligases, NAD⁺-dependent enzymes, are distinct from eukaryotic ATP-dependent ligases, representing promising targets for broad-spectrum antimicrobials. Yet, the chromosomal consequences of ligase-deficient DNA replication, during which Okazaki fragments accumulate, are still unclear. Using ligA251(Ts), the strongest ligase mutant of Escherichia coli, we studied ligase-deficient DNA replication by...
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