Complex polar machinery required for proper chromosome segregation in vegetative and sporulating cells of Bacillus subtilis.

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Published in Mol Microbiol on May 18, 2016

Authors

Tomas G Kloosterman1,2, Rok Lenarcic1,3, Clare R Willis1, David M Roberts1, Leendert W Hamoen1,4, Jeff Errington1, Ling J Wu1

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
2: Department of Molecular Genetics, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
3: Lek Pharmaceuticals d.d., Menges, Slovenia.
4: Department of Cell Biology & Physiology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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