Chromosome segregation during the prokaryotic cell division cycle

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 726-731

  Jensen, Rasmus B ^a   Shapiro, Lucy ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOSIS; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032733107     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(99)00043-5     Document Type: Review

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