The bacterial chromosome segregation protein Spo0J spreads along DNA from parS nucleation sites

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1352-1361

  Murray, Heath ^a   Ferreira, Henrique ^b   Errington, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN SPOOJ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING SITE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CYTOKINESIS; DNA FLANKING REGION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; ORIC GENE; PARS GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX; PROTEIN BINDING; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33747067108     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05316.x     Document Type: Article

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