Generation of buds, swellings, and branches instead of filaments after blocking the cell cycle of Rhizobium meliloti

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2373-2381

  Latch, Judith N ^a   Margolin, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C; NALIDIXIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL VOLUME; DNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0030946611     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.7.2373-2381.1997     Document Type: Article

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