Partitioning of the Escherichia coli chromosome: Superhelicity and condensation

Biochimie

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-48

  Nordström, Kurt ^a   Dasgupta, Santanu ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; MukB; Nucleoids; Partitioning; SeqA; Superhelicity

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; PLASMID DNA;

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DNA HELIX; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0035114272     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(00)01204-9     Document Type: Review

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