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Journal of Bacteriology, February 2004, p. 1197-1199, Vol. 186, No. 4
0021-9193/04/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.4.1197-1199.2004
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Vladimir Bidnenko, S. Dusko Ehrlich, and Bénédicte Michel*
Laboratoire de Génétique Microbienne, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 78352 Jouy en Josas, France
Received 15 September 2003/ Accepted 10 November 2003
The parE10(Ts) mutation, which renders Escherichia coli thermosensitive for growth by inactivation of the essential E. coli topoisomerase topo IV, is lethal at all temperatures when PriA, the main replication restart protein, is absent. This lethality is suppressed by the activation of a PriA-independent replication restart pathway (dnaC809 mutation). This result suggests that topo IV acts prior to full-chromosome replication completion.
Present address: Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France.
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