Direct imaging of the circular chromosome in a live bacterium

Bacterial chromosomes are tightly packed, limiting structural analysis by imaging techniques. Here, by quantitative time-lapse single-cell imaging of widened Escherichia coli cells, Wu and Japaridze et al. show that the chromosome exhibits a ring-like torus topology and a dynamic domain structure.

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Autores principales: Fabai Wu, Aleksandre Japaridze, Xuan Zheng, Jakub Wiktor, Jacob W. J. Kerssemakers, Cees Dekker
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/5820c2a17604433989895a5623404756
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Sumario:Bacterial chromosomes are tightly packed, limiting structural analysis by imaging techniques. Here, by quantitative time-lapse single-cell imaging of widened Escherichia coli cells, Wu and Japaridze et al. show that the chromosome exhibits a ring-like torus topology and a dynamic domain structure.