Transposable prophage Mu is organized as a stable chromosomal domain of E. coli.
The E. coli chromosome is compacted by segregation into 400-500 supercoiled domains by both active and passive mechanisms, for example, transcription and DNA-protein association. We find that prophage Mu is organized as a stable domain bounded by the proximal location of Mu termini L and R, which ar...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-11-01
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| Series: | PLoS Genetics |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3820752?pdf=render |