Polar localization of the replication origin and terminus in Escherichia coli nucleoids during chromosome partitioning

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1036-1045

  Niki, Hironori ^a   Hiraga, Sota ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell division cycle; FISH; Mitotic like apparatus; OriC; Positioning; Segregation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032053854     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.7.1036     Document Type: Article

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