A fixed distance for separation of newly replicated copies of oriC in Bacillus subtilis: Implications for co-ordination of chromosome segregation and cell division

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 981-990

  Sharpe, Michaela E ^a   Errington, Jeffery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA REPLICATION; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; REPLICATION ORIGIN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031808470     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00857.x     Document Type: Article

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