title: Cloning of Escherichia coli DNA that controls cell division and capsular polysaccharide synthesis.
abstract: A 2 x 10(6) dalton DNA fragment that controls cell division, capsular polysaccharide synthesis, and enzymes of capsular polysaccharide synthesis has been cloned.
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000378:metabolism; D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D004270:DNA, Circular / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects; D005111:Extrachromosomal Inheritance; D005796:Genes; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009582:Nitrofurantoin / Q000494:pharmacology; D010957:Plasmids; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011830:Radiation Effects; D014170:Transformation, Genetic; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004270:DNA, Circular; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D009582:Nitrofurantoin