Actively replicating nucleoids influence positioning of division sites in Escherichia coli filaments forming cells lacking DNA.

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Published in J Bacteriol on August 01, 1989

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E Mulder1, C L Woldringh

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1: Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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