The divIVA minicell locus of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1671-1683

  Cha, Jeong Heon ^a,c   Stewart, George C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CELL DIVISION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031038834     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.5.1671-1683.1997     Document Type: Article

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