Division site selection protein DivIVA of Bacillus subtilis has a second distinct function in chromosome segregation during sporulation

Genes and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 1662-1673

  Thomaides, H B ^a   Freeman, M ^a   El Karoui, M ^a   Errington, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Chromosome segregation; DivIVA gene; Minicell; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; GENE DIVIVA; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTAGENESIS; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0035395852     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.197501     Document Type: Article

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