Multicopy plasmids affect replisome positioning in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 7084-7090

  Wang, Jue D ^a   Rokop, Megan E ^a   Barker, Melanie M ^a   Hanson, Nathaniel R ^a   Grossman, Alan D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE LOCATION; LACTOSE OPERON; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 6044230916     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.21.7084-7090.2004     Document Type: Article

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