Polymer-mediated compaction and internal dynamics of isolated Escherichia coli nucleoids

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-66

  Cunha, Sónia ^a,b   Woldringh, Conrad L ^a   Odijk, Theo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamic light scattering; Free energy; Light microscopy; Nucleoids; Osmotic shock; Osmotic stress; Polyethylene glycol; Supercoiling

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM ION; POLYAMINE; POLYMER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CROSS LINKING; DIFFUSION; DNA HELIX; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENERGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0035782861     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.2001.4420     Document Type: Article

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