A tale of two genomes: Resolution of dimeric chromosomes in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 503-511

  Sciochetti, Stephen A ^a   Piggot, Patrick J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Dimeric chromosome; Escherichia coli; Xer type recombinases

Indexed keywords

DIMER; RECOMBINASE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SISTER CHROMATID;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DIMERIZATION; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0033829324     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(00)00220-5     Document Type: Review

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