Recombination and chromosome segregation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1441, 2004, Pages 61-69

  Sherratt, David J ^a   Søballe, Britta ^a   Barre, François Xavier ^a,b   Filipe, Sergio ^a   Lau, Ivy ^a   Massey, Thomas ^a   Yates, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IBCG   (France)

Author keywords

Chromosome segregation; Escherichia coli; Recombination; Replication

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; DNA; RECOMBINATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 1642565840     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1365     Document Type: Conference Paper

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