Radius of objects identified as fragments of the bacterial nucleoid

Range ~40 nm
Organism Bacteria Escherichia coli
Reference Kalwarczyk T, Tabaka M, Holyst R. Biologistics Diffusion coefficients for complete proteome of Escherichia coli. Bioinformatics. 2012 Nov 15 28(22):2971-8. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bts537 p.2973 right columnPubMed ID22942021
Primary Source Kim J, Yoshimura SH, Hizume K, Ohniwa RL, Ishihama A, Takeyasu K. Fundamental structural units of the Escherichia coli nucleoid revealed by atomic force microscopy. Nucleic Acids Res. 2004 Apr 1 32(6):1982-92.PubMed ID15060178
Method Atomic force microscopy
Comments "...the radius of the objects identified as fragments of the bacterial nucleoid ([is] around 40nm) (primary source), i.e. loops of DNA covered with structural proteins."
Entered by Uri M
ID 108530