Osmotic compaction of supercoiled DNA into a bacterial nucleoid

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 23-29

  Odijk, Theo ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial cell; Liquid crystal; Nucleoid; Phase separation; Proteins; Supercoiled DNA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIQUID CRYSTAL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENSION; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032514107     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(98)00115-X     Document Type: Article

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