Population length variability and nucleoid numbers in Escherichia coli

Bioinformatics

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 2944-2948

  Athale, Chaitanya A ^a   Chaudhari, Hemangi ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE;

EID: 80054892433     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btr501     Document Type: Article

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