Nucleoid occlusion and bacterial cell division

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-12

  Wu, Ling Juan ^a   Errington, Jeff ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; PROTEIN SLMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BINDING SITE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DNA REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOID OCCLUSION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 83855160828     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2671     Document Type: Article

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