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Supercoiled chromosome of E. coli.

  • Author: R. Kavanoff

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Supercoiled chromosome of E. coli.
Supercoiled chromosome of E. coli.

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Genome Packaging in Prokaryotes: the Circular Chromosome of E. coli

How do bacteria, lacking a nucleus, organize and pack their genome into the cell? Supercoiling enables this but forces a different kind of transcription and translation in prokaryotes.

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