Subcellular positioning of the origin region of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome is independent of sequences within oriC, the site of replication initiation, and the replication initiator DnaA

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 150-165

  Berkmen, Melanie B ^a   Grossman, Alan D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPLICATION INITIATOR PROTEIN DNAA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME POSITIONING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33845716783     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05505.x     Document Type: Article

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