Use of asymmetric cell division and spoIIIE mutants to probe chromosome orientation and organization in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 777-786

  Wu, Ling Juan ^a   Errington, Jeffery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL DIVISION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

EID: 0031941604     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00724.x     Document Type: Article

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