Coupling the initiation of chromosome replication to cell size in Escherichia coli

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 146-150

  Donachie, William D ^a   Blakely, Garry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA; PROTEIN;

CELL SIZE; CELL VOLUME; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0037676101     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(03)00026-2     Document Type: Review

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