Percent of ribosomes that are found within the dense regions of the nucleoid

Range ~10 to 15 %
Organism Bacteria Escherichia coli
Reference Bakshi S, 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.22 right column top paragraph and p.27 right column top paragraphPubMed ID22624875
Method Superresolution fluorescence microscopy methods
Comments "On average, only ~ 10–15% of the ribosomes are found within the dense regions of the nucleoid."
Entered by Uri M
ID 108595