Plasmid segregation: Spatial awareness at the molecular level

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 813-815

  Møller Jensen, Jakob ^a   Gerdes, Kenn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; ADAPTOR PROTEIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA; TISSUE FACTOR PATHWAY INHIBITOR;

BACTERIUM; CELL DIVISION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; DNA HELIX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HOST CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METAPHASE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ACTINS; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMIDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 36849034947     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200710192     Document Type: Review

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