The Bacillus subtilis soj-spoOJ locus is required for a centromere- like function involved in prespore chromosome partitioning

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 501-509

  Sharpe, Michaela E ^a   Errington, Jeffery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CENTROMERE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0029815312     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02559.x     Document Type: Article

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