Nucleoid structure and partition in Methanococcus jannaschii: An archaeon with multiple copies of the chromosome

Genetics

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1315-1323

  Malandrin, Laurence ^a   Huber, Harald ^b   Bernander, Rolf ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA CONTENT; DNA REPLICATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; CHROMOSOMES, ARCHAEAL; DNA, ARCHAEAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; METHANOCOCCUS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0345363243     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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