Identification and characterization of a bacterial chromosome partitioning site

Cell

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 675-685

  Lin, Daniel Chi Hong ^a   Grossman, Alan D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032489548     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81135-6     Document Type: Article

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