DNA transport in bacteria

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 538-544

  Errington, Jeff ^a   Bath, Jonathan ^a   Wu, Ling Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FTSK PROTEIN, E COLI; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SPOIIR PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; SPORE SPECIFIC PROTEINS, BACILLUS; SPORE-SPECIFIC PROTEINS, BACILLUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CELL DIVISION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL DIVISION; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0035409447     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35080005     Document Type: Review

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