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FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE-LANDMARK
Volume 17, Issue -, Pages 1020-1034Publisher
FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.2741/3971
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Chromosome partition; MukB; SMC; MatP; ParB; FtsK; Spo0J; DNA Factory; Replichores; FROS; Sister Chromatid Cohesion; Macrodomains; Nucleoid Splitting; Entropy; Review
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Dividing cells have mechanisms to ensure that their genomes are faithfully segregated into daughter cells. In bacteria, the description of these mechanisms has been considerably improved in the recent years. This review focuses on the different aspects of bacterial chromosome segregation that can be understood thanks to the studies performed with model organisms: Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Caulobacter crescentus and Vibrio cholerae. We describe the global positionning of the nucleoid in the cell and the specific localization and dynamics of different chromosomal loci, kinetic and biophysic aspects of chromosome segregation are presented. Finally, a presentation of the key proteins involved in the chromosome segregation is made.
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