Macrodomain organization of the Escherichia coli chromosome

EMBO Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 4330-4341

  Valens, Michèle ^a   Penaud, Stéphanie ^a   Rossignol, Michèle ^a   Cornet, François ^a   Boccard, Frédéric ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial chromosome; Chromatids cohesion; Chromosome conformation; Macrodomain; Site specific recombination

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA RECOMBINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MACRODOMAIN ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SISTER CHROMATID;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 9144264275     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600434     Document Type: Article

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