RRC ID 30167
著者 Sunako Y, Onogi T, Hiraga S.
タイトル Sister chromosome cohesion of Escherichia coli.
ジャーナル Mol Microbiol
Abstract We analysed Escherichia coli cells synchronized for initiation of chromosomal DNA replication by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using fluorescent DNA probes corresponding to various chromosomal regions. Sister copies of regions in an approximately oriC-proximal half of the chromosome are cohesive with each other after replication until the late period of chromosome replication. Sister copies of regions relatively close to the terminus are also separated from each other in the same late period of replication. It is important that sister copies in all the tested regions are thus separated from each other nearly all at once in the late period of chromosome replication. These results are consistent with results obtained by FISH in randomly growing cultures. Cohesion of sister copies in an oriC-close region is observed in a dam null mutant lacking DNA adenine methyltransferase the same as in the parental isogenic dam+ strain, indicating that the cohesion is independent of DNA adenine methyltransferase. This further implies that hemimethylated DNA-binding proteins, such as SeqA, are not involved in the cohesion. On the other hand, the cohesion of sister copies of the oriC-close region was not observed in mukB null mutant cells, suggesting that MukB might be involved in the chromosome cohesion.
巻・号 42(5)
ページ 1233-41
公開日 2001-12-1
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02680.x
PII 2680
PMID 11886555
MeSH Chromosome Mapping Chromosomes, Bacterial / genetics* DNA Replication / genetics* Escherichia coli / genetics* In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
IF 3.418
引用数 79
WOS 分野 MICROBIOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
リソース情報
原核生物(大腸菌) ME7811