How to build segregation complexes in bacteria: Use bridges

Genes and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1140-1142

  Funnell, Barbara E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial chromosome segregation; ParB; Single molecule fluorescence; Spo0J

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL ACTIVITY; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA BINDING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; GENE MUTATION; MICROSCOPE SLIDE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; PARB; SINGLE-MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE; SPO0J;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA PRIMASE; DNA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84901807860     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.244517.114     Document Type: Article

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