Bacillus subtilis cell cycle as studied by fluorescence microscopy: Constancy of cell length at initiation of DNA replication and evidence for active nucleoid partitioning

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 547-555

  Sharpe, Michaela E ^a   Hauser, Philippe M ^a,c   Sharpe, Robert G ^b   Errington, Jeffery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Tessella Support Services Plc ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031932320     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.3.547-555.1998     Document Type: Article

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