Structure, function and controls in microbial division

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-7

  Vicente, Miguel ^a   Errington, Jeffery ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM; CELL DIVISION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0029867358     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02482.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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