Roles for replichores and macrodomains in segregation of the Escherichia coli chromosome

EMBO Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 557-562

  Lesterlin, Christian ^a   Mercier, Romain ^a   Boccard, Frédéric ^a   Barre, François Xavier ^a   Cornet, François ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Chromosome structure; Macrodomains; Replichores; Segregation; Xer

Indexed keywords

DIMER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; MODELS, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 22144463194     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400428     Document Type: Article

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