Requirement of topoisomerase IV parC and parE genes for cell cycle progression and developmental regulation in Caulobacter crescentus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 897-910

  Ward, Doyle ^a   Newton, Austin ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0030664213     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.6242005.x     Document Type: Article

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