Synthetic lethal phenotypes caused by mutations affecting chromosome partitioning in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 5860-5864

  Britton, Robert A ^a   Grossman, Alan D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CARRIER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032862324     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.18.5860-5864.1999     Document Type: Article

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