Compaction and transport properties of newly replicated Caulobacter crescentus DNA

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1349-1358

  Hong, Sun Hae ^a   McAdams, Harley H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DNA COMPACTION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA TRANSPORT; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEGREGATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE, METABOLISM AND FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL DIVISION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

CAULOBACTER; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 83355177988     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07899.x     Document Type: Article

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