Productive interaction between the chromosome partitioning proteins, ParA and ParB, is required for the progression of the cell cycle in Caulobacter crescentus
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- 19 February 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 47 (5) , 1225-1237
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03367.x
Abstract
In Caulobacter crescentus the partitioning proteins ParA and ParB operate a molecular switch that couples chromosome partitioning to cytokinesis. Homologues of these proteins have been shown to be im...Keywords
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