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TrfA dimers play a role in copy-number control of RK2 replication.
Gene - 26 Nov 1998
Toukdarian A E, Helinski D R
Abstract excerpt
Copy-number regulation of the broad-host-range plasmid RK2 is dependent on the plasmid-encoded initiator protein, TrfA, and the RK2 origin of replication. The handcuffing model for copy-number control proposes that TrfA-bound oris reversibly couple to prevent the further initiation of plasmid replication when the copy number in vivo is at or above the replicon-specific copy number. TrfA mutants have been isolated...
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