Delayed nucleoid segregation in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 959-970

  Huls, P G ^a   Vischer, N O E ^a   Woldringh, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; PROTEIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MUTANT; CHROMOSOME; DNA CONTENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032885217     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01535.x     Document Type: Article

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