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Identification of dnaX as a high-copy suppressor of the conditional lethal and partition phenotypes of the parE10 allele.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Mar 1998
Levine C, Marians K J
Abstract excerpt
Termination of DNA replication, complete topological unlinking of the parental template DNA strands, partition of the daughter chromosomes, and cell division follow in an ordered and interdependent sequence during normal bacterial growth. In Escherichia coli, topoisomerase IV (Topo IV), encoded by parE and parC, is responsible for decatenation of the two newly formed chromosomes. In an effort to uncover the...
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