Bipolar localization of the replication origin regions of chromosomes in vegetative and sporulating cells of B. subtilis

Cell

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 667-674

  Webb, Chris D ^a   Teleman, Aurelio ^a   Gordon, Scott ^b   Straight, Aaron ^c   Belmont, Andrew ^d   Lin, Daniel Chi Hong ^e   Grossman, Alan D ^e   Wright, Andrew ^b   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; LACTOSE OPERON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030901736     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81909-1     Document Type: Article

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