Spatial and temporal organization of replicating Escherichia coli chromosomes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 731-743

  Lau, Ivy F ^a   Filipe, Sergio R ^a   Søballe, Britta ^a   Økstad, Ole Andreas ^a,b   Barre, Francois Xavier ^a,c   Sherratt, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA DETERMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ARTIFACTS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; REPLICATION ORIGIN; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0041853780     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03640.x     Document Type: Article

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