Authors: Woldringh Conrad L Jensen Peter Ruhdal Westerhoff Hans V
Publish Date: 1995/09/01
Volume: 131, Issue: 3, Pages: 235-242
Abstract
Conrad L Woldringh Peter Ruhdal Jensen Hans V Westerhoff Structure and partitioning of bacterial DNA determined by a balance of compaction and expansion forces FEMS Microbiology Letters Volume 131 Issue 3 September 1995 Pages 235–242 https//doiorg/101111/j157469681995tb07782xThe mechanisms that determine chromosome structure and chromosome partitioning in bacteria are largely unknown Here we discuss two hypotheses i the structure of the Escherichia coli nucleoid is determined by DNA binding proteins and DNA supercoiling representing a compaction force on the one hand and by the coupled transcription/translation/ translocation of plasma membrane and cell wall proteins representing an expansion force on the other hand ii the two forces are important for the partitioning process of chromosomes
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