A particular structure associated to the nucleoid of cyanobacteria
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Visualization of DNA Compaction in Cyanobacteria by High-voltage Cryo-electron Tomography
Published on: July 17, 2018
L Gavrilă1, A Vladimirescu, M D Ionescu
1University of Bucharest, CENTRAGEN, Center of Genomic and Molecular Cytogenetic Analyses, Bucharest, Romania.
Abstract:
Regressive staining as well as beta-radiations or trypsin treatment on Synechocystis PCC6803 and Spirulina platensis (Gom,-Geilteri.) whole cells or permeaplasts, respectively, have demonstrated the presence of a particular structure associated to the nucleoid of cyanobacteria. This structure with a tridimensional network aspect has been called scaffold-like. We presume that it represents the cellular-molecular support for the supercoiling of the nucleoid of cyanobacteria.
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