Influence of the nucleoid and the early stages of DNA replication on positioning the division site in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 634-647

  Moriya, S ^a   Rashid, R A ^a,b   Rodrigues, C D Andrade ^a   Harry, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNAB HELICASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOLUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEOLUS; DNA REPLICATION; INTRANUCLEAR INCLUSION BODIES;

EID: 77951585085     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07102.x     Document Type: Article

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