A dynamic, mitotic-like mechanism for bacterial chromosome segregation

Genes and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 3269-3282

  Fogel, Michael A ^a   Waldor, Matthew K ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome segregation; ParA; ParB; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PARA1; PROTEIN PARB1; PROTEIN PARS1;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MITOSIS; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; TRANSFECTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 33845460999     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1496506     Document Type: Article

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