Cell cycle timing and developmental checkpoints in Caulobacter crescentus

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 541-549

  Quardokus, Ellen M ^a   Brun, Yves V ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL MATURATION; DNA REPLICATION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0347994992     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2003.10.013     Document Type: Review

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