Dynamic movement of the ParA-like Soj protein of B. subtilis and its dual role in nucleoid organization and developmental regulation

Molecular Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 673-682

  Marston, Adele L ^a   Errington, Jeffery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033231585     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80378-0     Document Type: Article

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