Effects of the chromosome partitioning protein Spo0J (ParB) on oriC positioning and replication initiation in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1326-1337

  Lee, Philina S ^a   Lin, Daniel Chi Hong ^a,c   Moriya, Shigeki ^b,d   Grossman, Alan D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PARTITIONING PROTEIN; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; SPOOJ PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING SITE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME; DNA BINDING; DNA REPLICATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SPOROGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX; PLASMIDS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037315059     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.4.1326-1337.2003     Document Type: Article

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