Spatial ordering of chromosomes enhances the fidelity of chromosome partitioning in cyanobacteria

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 34, 2012, Pages 13638-13643

  Jain, Isha H ^a   Vijayan, Vikram ^a,b   O'Shea, Erin K ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOPLASM; DAUGHTER CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA REPLICATION; GENETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PROBABILITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865304517     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1211144109     Document Type: Article

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