Segregation of chromosome arms in growing and non-growing Escherichia coli cells

In slow-growing Escherichia coli cells the chromosome is organized with its left (L) and right (R) arms lying separated in opposite halves of the nucleoid and with the origin (O) in-between, giving the pattern L-O-R. During replication one of the arms has to pass the other to obtain the same organiz...

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Main Authors: Woldringh, Conrad L., Hansen, Flemming G., Vischer, Norbert O. E., Atlung, Tove
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4428220/