The two chromosomes of Vibrio cholerae are initiated at different time points in the cell cycle

EMBO Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3124-3131

  Rasmussen, Tue ^a,b   Jensen, Rasmus Bugge ^a,c   Skovgaard, Ole ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c LEO PHARMA A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

C period; Divided genomes; Flow cytometry; Initiation of DNA replication; Replication time

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 34447335120     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601747     Document Type: Article

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