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Abstract
When a thermosensitive mutant of E. coli affected in DNA initiation is heated to 41 degrees , a protein needed for DNA initiation is irreversibly denatured. When these bacteria are incubated at 30 degrees in the presence of several concentrations of chloramphenicol, DNA synthesis is greatly stimulated at a chloramphenicol, DNA synthesis is greatly stimulated at a chloramphenicol concentration of 2.5 mug/ml, and then sharply decreases. This stimulation of DNA synthesis appears to be caused by an increased frequency of initiation. The existence of an "anti-initiator" protein controlling the frequency of chromosomal initiation is proposed.Entities:
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Year: 1972 PMID: 4562745 PMCID: PMC389669 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.69.10.2895
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205