Suppression of initiation defects of chromosome replication in Bacillus subtilis dnaA and oriC-deleted mutants by integration of a plasmid replicon into the chromosomes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2494-2502

  Hassan, Anwarul K M ^a   Moriya, Shigeki ^a   Ogura, Mitsuo ^b   Tanaka, Teruo ^b   Kawamura, Fujio ^c   Ogasawara, Naotake ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON;

EID: 0030892106     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.8.2494-2502.1997     Document Type: Article

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