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. 1969 Apr;98(1):298–299. doi: 10.1128/jb.98.1.298-299.1969

Presence of Nuclear Bodies in Some Minicells of Escherichia coli

J Tudor 1, T Hashimoto 1, S F Conti 1
PMCID: PMC249936  PMID: 4889271

Abstract

Electron microscopy of serial sections of Escherichia coli K-12 (P678-54) revealed that some “minicells” contain nuclear bodies.

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