Nucleoid restructuring in stationary-state bacteria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 395-405

  Frenkiel Krispin, Daphna ^a   Ben Avraham, Irit ^a   Englander, Joseph ^a   Shimoni, Eyal ^a   Wolf, Sharon G ^a   Minsky, Abraham ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CRYSTALLIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DPS PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA TEMPLATE; ENERGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STARVATION;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0942279510     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03855.x     Document Type: Article

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