It takes two DNA translocases to untangle chromosomes from the division septum: MicroCommentary

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 773-776

  Wu, Ling Juan ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SFTA PROTEIN; SPO111E PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SPORE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL POLARITY; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; SPOROGENESIS; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 70449597470     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06892.x     Document Type: Note

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