The nucleoid occlusion factor Noc controls DNA replication initiation in Staphylococcus aureus.

Successive division events in the spherically shaped bacterium Staphylococcus aureus are oriented in three alternating perpendicular planes. The mechanisms that underlie this relatively unique pattern of division and coordinate it with chromosome segregation remain largely unknown. Thus far, the onl...

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Main Authors: Ting Pang, Xindan Wang, Hoong Chuin Lim, Thomas G Bernhardt, David Z Rudner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-07-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5540599?pdf=render