The cytoplasmic domain of FtsK protein is required for resolution of chromosome dimers
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 31 (2) , 579-583
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01198.x
Abstract
Chromosome dimers, formed by homologous recombination between sister chromosomes, normally require cell division to be resolved into monomers by site‐specific recombination at the dif locus of Escher...Keywords
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