Separation of chromosome termini during sporulation of Bacillus subtilis depends on SpoIIIE

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3564-3572

  Bogush, Marina ^a   Xenopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Piggot, Patrick J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; PROTEIN SPOIIIE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MORPHOGENESIS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 34247560293     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01949-06     Document Type: Article

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