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1: Genome Biol. 2000;1(3):REVIEWS1020.Click here to read Click here to read Links

Where does DNA replication start in archaea?

Vas A, Leatherwood J.

Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5222, USA. janet.leatherwood@sunysb.edu

Genome-wide measures of DNA strand composition have been used to find archaeal DNA replication origins. Archaea seem to replicate using a single origin (as do eubacteria) even though archaeal replication factors are more like those of eukaryotes.

PMID: 11521661 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC138862