The Escherichia coli histone-like protein HU affects DNA initiation, chromosome partitioning via MukB, and cell division via MinCDE

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3494-3499

  Jaffé, Aline ^a   Vinella, Daniel ^a   D'Ari, Richard ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE MUTATION; LETHAL MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030908533     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.11.3494-3499.1997     Document Type: Article

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