Plasmid and chromosome partitioning: Surprises from phylogeny

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 455-466

  Gerdes, Kenn ^a   Moller Jensen, Jakob ^a   Jensen, Rasmus Bugge ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NUCLEOPROTEIN;

CELL DIVISION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERIC BACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033861269     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01975.x     Document Type: Review

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