The P1 plasmid is segregated to daughter cells by a 'capture and ejection' mechanism coordinated with Escherichia coli cell division

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-74

  Li, Yongfang ^a   Austin, Stuart ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN PARB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOST CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGE P1; CELL DIVISION; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036034803     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03156.x     Document Type: Article

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