RacA and the Soj-Spo0J system combine to effect polar chromosome segregation in sporulating Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1463-1475

  Wu, Ling Juan ^a   Errington, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SOJ PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL DIVISION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA BINDING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SPOROGENESIS;

ALLELES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE DELETION; GENES, REPORTER; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0141677790     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03643.x     Document Type: Article

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