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MOLECULAR CELL
Volume 59, Issue 4, Pages 588-602Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.07.020
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- European Research Council [ERC-Stg-260822, ERC-Stg-260787]
- Royal Society University Research Fellowship
- BBSRC [BB/K017527/1]
- Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer [20100600373]
- France-BioImaging (FBI) [ANR-10-INSB-04]
- Imagine Optic
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/K017527/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- BBSRC [BB/K017527/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Chromosomes of a broad range of species, from bacteria to mammals, are structured by large topological domains whose precise functional roles and regulatory mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we combine super-resolution microscopies and chromosome-capture technologies to unravel the higher-order organization of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome and its dynamic rearrangements during the cell cycle. We decipher the fine 3D architecture of the origin domain, revealing folding motifs regulated by condensin-like complexes. This organization, along with global folding throughout the genome, is present before replication, disrupted by active DNA replication, and re-established thereafter. Single-cell analysis revealed a strict correspondence between sub-cellular localization of origin domains and their condensation state. Our results suggest that the precise 3D folding pattern of the origin domain plays a role in the regulation of replication initiation, chromosome organization, and DNA segregation.
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