Coordination of Polyploid Chromosome Replication with Cell Size and Growth in a Cyanobacterium

Polyploidy has evolved many times across the kingdom of life. The relationship between cell growth and chromosome replication in bacteria has been studied extensively in monoploid model organisms such as Escherichia coli but not in polyploid organisms. Our study of the polyploid cyanobacterium Synec...

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Main Authors: Ryudo Ohbayashi, Ai Nakamachi, Tetsuhiro S. Hatakeyama, Satoru Watanabe, Yu Kanesaki, Taku Chibazakura, Hirofumi Yoshikawa, Shin-ya Miyagishima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-04-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00510-19