Use of asymmetric cell division and spoIIIE mutants to probe chromosome orientation and organization in Bacillus subtilis
- 1 February 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 27 (4) , 777-786
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00724.x
Abstract
Soon after the onset of sporulation in Bacillus subtilis, asymmetric cell division occurs to generate the differentiating prespore and mother cell types. Formation of the septum close to the cell pol...Keywords
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