Organization of the Escherichia coli chromosome into macrodomains and its possible functional implications

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 304-310

  Espéli, Olivier ^a   Boccard, Frédéric ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial nucleoid; Chromosome organization; Macrodomain; Nucleoid occlusion; Sister chromatid cohesion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL CYCLE; CENTROMERE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SHORT SURVEY; SISTER CHROMATID; STRUCTURAL CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33750495828     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2006.07.010     Document Type: Short Survey

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