Physical descriptions of the bacterial nucleoid at large scales, and their biological implications

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Benza, Vincenzo G ^a   Bassetti, Bruno ^b,c   Dorfman, Kevin D ^d   Scolari, Vittore F ^e,f,i   Bromek, Krystyna ^g   Cicuta, Pietro ^g   Lagomarsino, Marco Cosentino ^e,f,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

ⁱ TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 84863534788     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/75/7/076602     Document Type: Review

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