Cell shape, division and development: The 2002 American Society for Microbiology (ASM) conference on prokaryotic development

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1475-1483

  Figge, Rainer M ^a   Gober, James W ^b  

^a SANOFI   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOFILM; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SHAPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; GENOME ANALYSIS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPOROGENESIS; STREPTOMYCES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOMYCES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOMYCES; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0037338676     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03397.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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