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Genetic and morphological characterization of an Escherichia coli chromosome segregation mutant.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jul 1992
Stewart P S, D'Ari R
Abstract excerpt
The temperature-sensitive nucleoid segregation mutant of Escherichia coli, PAT32, formerly described as a parA mutant, has been shown to carry a mutation near 66 min on the genetic map. Fine mapping with phages from the collection of Kohara et al. is consistent with its being a parC allele. Observation by fluorescence microscopy revealed the formation, at a nonpermissive temperature, of filaments containing one...
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