Spatial regulation in Caulobacter crescentus

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 715-721

  Thanbichler, Martin ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FTSZ PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 71549140634     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2009.09.013     Document Type: Review

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