| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6131903 | Current Opinion in Microbiology | 2014 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Bacteria face the problem of segregating their gigantic chromosomes without a segregation period restricted in time and space, as Eukaryotes do. Segregation thus involves multiple activities, general or specific of a chromosome region and differentially controlled. Recent advances show that these various mechanisms conform to a “pair and release” rule, which appears as a general rule in DNA segregation. We describe the latest advances in segregation of bacterial chromosomes with emphasis on the different pair and release mechanisms.
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Authors
Jean-Yves Bouet, Mathieu Stouf, Elise Lebailly, François Cornet,