Mechanism of anucleate cell production in the oriC-deleted mutants of bacillus subtilis

DNA Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-126

  Moriya, Shigeki ^a   Hassan, Anwarul K M ^a   Kadoya, Ryosuke ^a   Ogasawara, Naotake ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anucleate cells; Bacillus subtilis; Cell division; Chromosome partition; Chromosome replication

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNAA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; DNAB HELICASE; HELICASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL CYCLE; CYTOLOGY; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PLASMID; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNAB HELICASES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLASMIDS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

EID: 0031589049     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/4.2.115     Document Type: Article

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