Postdivisional synthesis of the Sporosarcina ureae DNA translocase SpoIIIE either in the mother cell or in the prespore enables Bacillus subtilis to translocate DNA from the mother cell to the prespore.

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Published in J Bacteriol on February 01, 2003

Authors

Vasant K Chary1, Patrick J Piggot

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Temple University School of Medicine, 3400 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.

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