Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

Chromosome organization by a conserved condensin-ParB system in the actinobacterium Corynebacterium glutamicum

  • Kati Böhm,
  • Giacomo Giacomelli,
  • Andreas Schmidt,
  • Axel Imhof,
  • Romain Koszul,
  • Martial Marbouty,
  • Marc Bramkamp

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15238-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The regulation of higher-order chromosome folding and segregation in bacteria is poorly understood. Here, Böhm et al. provide insights into the roles of DNA partitioning protein ParB and SMC condensin complexes in Corynebacterium glutamicum.