A Bacillus subtilis gene-encoding protein homologous to eukaryotic SMC motor protein is necessary for chromosome partition

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 179-187

  Moriya, Shigeki ^a   Tsujikawa, Eitoku ^a   Hassan, Anwarul K M ^a,b   Asai, Kei ^a   Kodama, Takeko ^a,c   Ogasawara, Naotake ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SETSUNAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SIGMA FACTOR; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031820416     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00919.x     Document Type: Article

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