Characterization of Escherichia coli nucleoids released by osmotic shock

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 260-269

  Wegner, Anna S ^a,b   Alexeeva, Svetlana ^a,d   Odijk, Theo ^b,c   Woldringh, Conrad L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ampicillin spheroplast; DAPI UV radiation damage; Escherichia coli; Ethidium bromide; Lysozyme spheroplast; Nucleoid; Osmotic shock; Polymer physics; Protein cross links; Supercoiling

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLOROQUINE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; LYSOZYME; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEOID; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPHEROPLAST; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHIDIUM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SPHEROPLASTS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84861483939     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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