The control of temporal and spatial organization during the Caulobacter cell cycle

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 538-544

  Domian, Ibrahim J ^a   Quon, Kim C ^a   Shapiro, Lucy ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT;

CAULOBACTER; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; FLAGELLUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER;

EID: 0030272406     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(96)80081-5     Document Type: Article

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