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Specificity and function of archaeal DNA replication initiator proteins.
Cell reports - 21 Feb 2013
Samson Rachel Y, Xu Yanqun, Gadelha Catarina, Stone Todd A, Faqiri Jamal N, Li Dongfang, Qin Nan, Pu Fei, Liang Yun Xiang, She Qunxin, Bell Stephen D
Abstract excerpt
Chromosomes with multiple DNA replication origins are a hallmark of Eukaryotes and some Archaea. All eukaryal nuclear replication origins are defined by the origin recognition complex (ORC) that recruits the replicative helicase MCM(2-7) via Cdc6 and Cdt1. We find that the three origins in the single chromosome of the archaeon Sulfolobus islandicus are specified by distinct initiation factors. While two origins...
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