| Value |
1.5
mm
|
| Organism |
Bacteria Escherichia coli |
| Reference |
Skoko et al., Mechanism of chromosome compaction and looping by the Escherichia coli nucleoid protein Fis. J Mol Biol. 2006 Dec 8 364(4):777-98. p.777 right columnPubMed ID17045294
|
| Primary Source |
Better ref required |
| Comments |
The prokaryotic nucleoid is a condensed but
highly dynamic nucleoprotein structure. The Escherichia
coli nucleoid contains a single circular chromosome
comprising about 1.5 mm of DNA packaged
into a volume of about 0.2µm3. |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
107010 |