Researchers generate first complete 3-D structures of bacterial chromosome
Friday, October 21, 2011 - 12:00
in Biology & Nature
A team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Harvard Medical School, Stanford University and the Prince Felipe Research Centre in Spain have deciphered the complete three-dimensional structure of the bacterium Caulobacter crescentus's chromosome. Analysis of the resulting structure -- published this week in Molecular Cell -- has revealed new insights into the function of genetic sequences responsible for the shape and structure of this genome.