Actin-like Proteins MreB and MbI from Bacillus subtilis Are Required for Bipolar Positioning of Replication Origins

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 1916-1920

  Defeu Soufo, Hervé Joël ^a   Graumann, Peter L ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; VIBRIO;

EID: 0242381270     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.10.024     Document Type: Article

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