A role for division-site-selection protein MinD in regulation of internucleoid jumping of Soj (ParA) protein in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 159-169

  Autret, Sabine ^a   Errington, Jeffery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MINC PROTEIN; MIND PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SOJ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0037221304     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03264.x     Document Type: Article

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