| Range |
~1.5 mm DNA contour length within a 3µm long X 1µm diameter cell
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| Organism |
Bacteria Escherichia coli |
| Reference |
Bakshi S1, Siryaporn A, Goulian M, Weisshaar JC. Superresolution imaging of ribosomes and RNA polymerase in live Escherichia coli cells. Mol Microbiol. 2012 Jul85(1):21-38. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08081.x. p.21 right column top paragraphPubMed ID22624875
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| Method |
Superresolution fluorescence microscopy |
| Comments |
"In Escherichia coli, the chromosomal
DNA is ‘condensed’ into an irregularly shaped, central
region called the nucleoid (Robinow and Kellenberger,
1994). The nucleoid does not fill the entire cytoplasmic
volume, in spite of severe compaction of ~1.5 mm of DNA
contour length within a 3µm long X 1µm diameter cell." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
110184 |