Chromosome and low copy plasmid segregation in E. coli: Visual evidence for distinct mechanisms

Cell

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1113-1121

  Gordon, G Scott ^a   Sitnikov, Dmitry ^a   Webb, Chris D ^b   Teleman, Aurelio ^b   Straight, Aaron ^c   Losick, Richard ^b   Murray, Andrew W ^c   Wright, Andrew ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCATION; LACTOSE OPERON; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030928717     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80377-3     Document Type: Article

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