Inhibiting Cell Division in Escherichia coli Has Little if Any Effect on Gene Expression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 880-884

  Arends, S J Ryan ^a   Weiss, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATALYSIS; CELL DIVISION; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEGREGATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1642540983     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.3.880-884.2004     Document Type: Article

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