Graphic of the bacteria chromosome separation (IMAGE)

Rice University

Graphic of the bacteria chromosome separation

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Top: Chromosome separate with functioning SMC in two models, line drawing and filled-space. The red and pink dots indicate, respectively, ori on each copy of DNA. Bottom: DNA separating without functioning SMC, again represented with red and pink ori and in two separate models. 

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Sumitabha Brahmachari/Rice University

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