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Inhibiting Cell Division in Escherichia coli Has Little If Any Effect on Gene Expression
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Inhibiting Cell Division in Escherichia coli Has Little If Any Effect on Gene Expression

S. J. Ryan Arends and David S Weiss
Journal of bacteriology, Vol.186(3), pp.880-884
02/2004
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.3.880-884.2004
PMCID: PMC321490
PMID: 14729718
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https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.186.3.880-884.2004View
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Abstract

DNA microarrays were used to compare gene expression in dividing and nondividing (filamentous) cultures of Escherichia coli . Although cells from these cultures differed profoundly in morphology, their gene expression profiles were nearly identical. These results extend previous evidence that there is no division checkpoint in E. coli , and progression through the cell cycle is not regulated by the transcription of different genes during different parts of the cell cycle.
Genomics and Proteomics

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