Unfolding of the bacterial nucleoid both in vivo and in vitro as a result of exposure to camphor

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2435-2439

  Harrington, Eliza W ^a,b   Trun, Nancy J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CAMPHOR; CEFALEXIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; FLUOROURACIL; RIFAMPICIN; URACIL;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DRYOBALANOPS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030909659     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.7.2435-2439.1997     Document Type: Article

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