Building bridges within the bacterial chromosome

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 164-173

  Song, Dan ^a   Loparo, Joseph J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome organization; DNA bridging; Nucleoid associated protein; Single molecule; Structural maintenance of chromosomes

Indexed keywords

HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REVIEW; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 84923334989     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: 13624555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2015.01.003     Document Type: Review

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