Subcellular localization of plasmids containing the oriC region of the Escherichia coli chromosome, with or without the sopABC partitioning system

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 498-503

  Niki, Hironori ^a,b   Hiraga, Sota ^b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME; CYTOPLASM; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; F FACTOR; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PLASMIDS; REPLICATION ORIGIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032706404     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01611.x     Document Type: Article

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