The Bacillus subtilis soj-spo0J locus is required for a centromere-like function involved in prespore chromosome partitioning.

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Published in Mol Microbiol on August 01, 1996

Authors

M E Sharpe1, J Errington

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1: Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, UK.

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