Cell boundary confinement sets the size and position of the E. coli chromosome
F. Wu, P. Swain, L. Kuijpers, X. Zheng, K. Felter, M. Guurink, D. Chaudhuri, B. Mulder, C. Dekker
This study shows that spatial confinement in E. coli determines chromosome size and position, with simulations supporting depletion effects from cytosolic crowders.
bioRxiv · Jun 15, 2018Biophysics