BiophysicsNucleic Acids ResearchPeer-reviewed
Dps binds and protects DNA in starved Escherichia coli with minimal effect on chromosome accessibility, dynamics and organisation
Lauren A. McCarthy, Lindsey E. Way, Xiaofeng Dai…·Julie S. Biteen
This study shows Dps compacts the E. coli nucleoid and increases short-range DNA interactions without significantly affecting chromosome accessibility, dynamics, or organisation.