Issue 4, 2017
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Molecular BioSystems

DNA condensation in live E. coli provides evidence for transertion†

Anil K. Gorle,a   Amy L. Bottomley,b   Elizabeth J. Harry,b   J. Grant Collins,*a   F. Richard Keene ORCID logo *cd  and  Clifford E. Woodward*a  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia
E-mail: g.collins@adfa.edu.au, c.woodward@adfa.edu.au

b The ithree institute, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, Australia

c Centre for Biodiscovery & Molecular Development of Therapeutics, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

d School of Physical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
E-mail: richard.keene@adelaide.edu.au

Abstract

Condensation studies of chromosomal DNA in E. coli with a tetranuclear ruthenium complex are carried out and images obtained with wide-field fluorescence microscopy. Remarkably different condensate morphologies resulted, depending upon the treatment protocol. The occurrence of condensed nucleoid spirals in live bacteria provides evidence for the transertion hypothesis.

Graphical abstract: DNA condensation in live E. coli provides evidence for transertion

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6MB00753H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
03 Nov 2016
Accepted
19 Feb 2017
First published
20 Feb 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Mol. BioSyst., 2017,13, 677-680

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DNA condensation in live E. coli provides evidence for transertion

A. K. Gorle, A. L. Bottomley, E. J. Harry, J. G. Collins, F. R. Keene and C. E. Woodward, Mol. BioSyst., 2017, 13, 677 DOI: 10.1039/C6MB00753H

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