Dynamic organization of chromosomal DNA in Escherichia coli

Genes and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 212-223

  Niki, Hironori ^a,b   Yamaichi, Yoshiharu ^b   Hiraga, Sota ^b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell division; FISH; Nucleoid; Partitioning; Prokaryote; Segregation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SEPARATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE;

CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; MUTATION; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034650256     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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