Cell cycle-dependent polar localization of chromosome partitioning proteins in Caulobacter crescentus

Cell

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 675-684

  Mohl, Dane A ^a   Gober, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PAR A; PROTEIN PAR B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 0030901361     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)91910-X     Document Type: Article

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