A large dispersed chromosomal region required for chromosome segregation in sporulating cells of Bacillus subtilis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 4001-4011

  Wu, Ling Juan ^a   Errington, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Centromere; Chromosome segregation; spo0J gene; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; PROTEIN ORIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MIGRATION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CIS ISOMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; EUKARYOTE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; ORIC GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036683053     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf393     Document Type: Article

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