migS, a cis-acting site that affects bipolar positioning of oriC on the Escherichia coli chromosome

EMBO Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 221-233

  Yamaichi, Yoshiharu ^a,b   Niki, Hironori ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Migration; MukB; Nucleoids; Partitioning; Segregation

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; MIGS GENE; NONHUMAN; ORIC GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOME POSITIONING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; REPLICATION ORIGIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0842285400     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600028     Document Type: Article

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