Kinetics of plasmid segregation in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 461-469

  Gordon, Scott ^a,c   Rech, Jerôme ^b   Lane, David ^b   Wright, Andrew ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ELONGATION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; LACTOSE OPERON; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON;

ANIMALS; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; KINETICS; LAC OPERON; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0942301205     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03837.x     Document Type: Article

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