Polymer physics for understanding bacterial chromosomes

Bacterial Chromatin

Volumn 9789048134731, Issue , 2010, Pages 97-116

  Jun, Suckjoon ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome segregation; Molecular crowding; Necleoid compaction; Polymer physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859961094     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3473-1_6     Document Type: Chapter

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