Independent segregation of the two arms of the Escherichia coli ori region requires neither RNA synthesis nor MreB dynamics

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 6143-6153

  Wang, Xindan ^a,b   Sherratt, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MREB PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SYNTHESIS;

CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; RNA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78649369567     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00861-10     Document Type: Article

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