Chromosome segregation: Pushing plasmids apart

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 21, 2002, Pages

  Stephens, Craig ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037195247     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01248-4     Document Type: Review

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