Compartmentalization of transcription and translation in Bacillus subtilis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 710-718

  Lewis, Peter J ^a   Thaker, Shall D ^a   Errington, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Compartmentalization; Green fluorescent protein; Ribosomes; RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CELL ENZYME; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIVISION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034651795     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.4.710     Document Type: Article

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