Structure and segregation of the bacterial nucleoid

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 126-132

  Wu, Ling Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

oriC; Origin of replication; SMC; Structural maintenance of chromosome; terC; Terminus of replication; Topo IV; Topoisomerase IV

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPOROGENESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 1942471696     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2004.01.006     Document Type: Review

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