The bacterial nucleoid visualized by fluorescence microscopy of cells lysed within agarose: Comparison of Escherichia coli and spirochetes of the genus Borrelia

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2228-2237

  Hinnebusch, B Joseph ^a   Bendich, Arnold J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BORRELIA; CYTOLYSIS; DNA CONTENT; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; REPLICON; STRUCTURAL GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA HERMSII; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030909920     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.7.2228-2237.1997     Document Type: Article

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