Validation of bacterial replication termination models using simulation of genomic mutations.

In bacterial circular chromosomes and most plasmids, the replication is known to be terminated when either of the following occurs: the forks progressing in opposite directions meet at the distal end of the chromosome or the replication forks become trapped by Tus proteins bound to Ter sites. Most b...

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Main Authors: Nobuaki Kono, Kazuharu Arakawa, Masaru Tomita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22509315/pdf/?tool=EBI