Attachment of the chromosome to the cell poles: The strategy for the growth of bacteria in two and three dimensions

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-221

  Koch, Arthur L ^a   Doyle, Ronald J ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCINA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LAMPROPEDIA; SARCINA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033591843     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1999.0950     Document Type: Article

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