Compaction of circular chromosome
| Range | >1,000 Fold |
|---|---|
| Organism | Bacteria Escherichia coli |
| Reference | Wang X, Possoz C, Sherratt DJ. Dancing around the divisome: asymmetric chromosome segregation in Escherichia coli. Genes Dev. 2005 Oct 1 19(19):2367-77. p.2367 right column bottom paragraphPubMed ID16204186 |
| Comments | "The 4.6-Mbp Escherichia coli circular chromosome is compacted >1000-fold into a compact nucleoid that occupies much of the central part of the cell." |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 109248 |