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Segregation of the Bacterial Chromosome

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Bacteria must successfully complete several processes of the cell cycle to ensure that a single cell will become two viable daughter cells. These processes include: 1) replication of the chromosome, 2) segregation of the chromosomes to opposite poles, and 3) cell division. Each of these discontinuous processes must be coordinated, but how this is achieved is poorly understood (see also Chapters 7 and 9).

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  1. DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1312, USA

    Frans J. de Bruijn

  2. Department of Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Room 609E, Houston, TX, 77030-3498, USA

    James R. Lupski

  3. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Medical School, 6431 Fannin, Houston, TX, USA, 77030

    George M. Weinstock

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Britton, R.A., Lupski, J.R. (1998). Segregation of the Bacterial Chromosome. In: de Bruijn, F.J., Lupski, J.R., Weinstock, G.M. (eds) Bacterial Genomes. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6369-3_10

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