Dynamic, mitotic-like behavior of a bacterial protein required for accurate chromosome partitioning

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1160-1168

  Glaser, Philippe ^a,c   Sharpe, Michaela E ^a   Raether, Brian ^b   Perego, Marta ^b   Ohlsen, Kari ^b,d   Errington, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; cell division; Chromosome partitioning; mitosis; spo0J; sporulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030910954     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.9.1160     Document Type: Article

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