Flip-flop around the origin and terminus of replication in prokaryotic genomes

Genome Biol. 2001;2(12):INTERACTIONS1004. doi: 10.1186/gb-2001-2-12-interactions1004. Epub 2001 Nov 15.

Abstract

A response to Evidence for symmetric chromosomal inversions around the replication origin in bacteria by JA Eisen, JF Heidelberg, O White, SL Salzberg. Genome Biology 2000, 1:research0011.1-0011.9.

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Chromosome Inversion
  • DNA Replication*
  • DNA, Bacterial / biosynthesis*
  • Gene Rearrangement
  • Genome, Bacterial
  • Models, Genetic
  • Prokaryotic Cells / metabolism
  • Replication Origin*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial