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Abstract
Bacterial chromosomes segregate via a partition apparatus that employs a score of specialized proteins. The SMC complexes play a crucial role in the chromosome partitioning process by organizing bacterial chromosomes through their ATP-dependent chromatin-compacting activity. Recent progress in the composition of these complexes and elucidation of their structural and enzymatic properties has advanced our comprehension of chromosome condensation and segregation mechanics in bacteria.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16229890 PMCID: PMC2670095 DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2005.08.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Plasmid ISSN: 0147-619X Impact factor: 3.466