Progressive segregation of the Escherichia coli chromosome

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 383-393

  Nielsen, Henrik J ^a   Li, Yongfang ^b   Youngren, Brenda ^b   Hansen, Flemming G ^a   Austin, Stuart ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL CYCLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; REPLICATION ORIGIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33748507103     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05245.x     Document Type: Article

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