Spatial and Temporal Organization of Chromosome Duplication and Segregation in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Chen, Anna H ^a   Afonso, Bruno ^a   Silver, Pamela A ^a,b   Savage, David F ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SINGLE STRANDED DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPLISOME; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 6301; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 7942;

EID: 84868097550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047837     Document Type: Article

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