On the viability of <it>Escherichia coli </it>cells lacking DNA topoisomerase I
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Manipulations of the DNA double helix during replication, transcription and other nucleic acid processing cause a change of DNA topology, which results in torsional stress. This stress is relaxed by DNA topoisomerases, a class of enz...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-02-01
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Series: | BMC Microbiology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/12/26 |