Chromosome segregation

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 653-659

  Sherratt, David J ^a   Lau, Ivy F ^a   Barre, François Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA REPLICATION; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SISTER CHROMATID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0035200407     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(01)00265-X     Document Type: Review

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