Fused nucleoids resegregate faster than cell elongation in Escherichia coli pbpB(Ts) filaments after release from chloramphenicol inhibition

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1309-1317

  Van Helvoort, J M L M ^a,b   Huls, P G ^a   Vischer, N O E ^a   Woldringh, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cell division; Chloramphenicol treatment; Escherichia coli filaments; nucleoid fusion; Re segregation

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RNA TRANSLATION; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031751368     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-5-1309     Document Type: Article

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