Article
In vivo effect of the tus mutation on cell division in an Escherichia coli strain where chromosome replication is under the control of plasmid R1.
Research in microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Dasgupta S, Bernander R, Nordström K
Abstract excerpt
The phenotypic effect of the tus::kan mutation in an Escherichia coli strain, where the chromosome is replicated unidirectionally by an integrated R1 miniplasmid, was examined by flow cytometry and phase fluorescence microscopy. The tus+ cells exhibited perturbed cell division, as indicated by the presence of many elongated cells and filaments. Inactivation of the tus gene led to a reduction in the frequency of...
Topics
- Bacterial Proteins
- Cell Division
- Chromosomes, Bacterial
- DNA Replication
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Genes, Bacterial
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- R Factors