A cis-acting sequence involved in chromosome segregation in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 175-183

  Fekete, Richard A ^a   Chattoraj, Dhruba K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; HYBRID PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; BINDING SITE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, REPORTER; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPLICATION ORIGIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 12344331897     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04392.x     Document Type: Article

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