Partitioning, movement, and positioning of nucleoids in Mycoplasma capricolum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 6073-6080

  Seto, Shintaro ^a   Miyata, Makoto ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIPOGENESIS; MYCOPLASMA CAPRICOLUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; MYCOPLASMA CAPRICOLUM; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032870056     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.19.6073-6080.1999     Document Type: Article

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