Xu Y C, Bremer H
Biology Programs, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson 75080.
Mol Gen Genet. 1988 Jan;211(1):138-42. doi: 10.1007/BF00338404.
Overexpression of DnaA protein from a multicopy plasmid accompanied by a shift to 42 degrees C causes initiation of one extra round of replication in a dnaA+ strain grown in glycerol minimal medium. This extra round of replication does not lead to an extra cell division, such that cells contain twice the normal number of chromosomes.