Interplay between recombination, cell division and chromosome structure during chromosome dimer resolution in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 904-913

  Pérals, Koryn ^a   Capiaux, Hervé ^a   Vincourt, Jean Baptiste ^a   Louarn, Jean Michel ^a   Sherratt, David J ^b   Cornet, François ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIMER; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEIN FTSK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CASSETTE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035117194     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02277.x     Document Type: Article

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