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DNA versus membrane

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Before it divides, a bacterium must move its replicated chromosomes away from the site of division, or risk having its DNA trapped in the membranes that separate the divided cells. How does it avoid this catastrophe?

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Figure 1: Chromosome transport.

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  1. Ling Juan Wu and Jeff Errington are at the Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK. jeff.errington@ncl.ac.uk l.j.wu@ncl.ac.uk,

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Juan Wu, L., Errington, J. DNA versus membrane. Nature 451, 900–901 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/451900a

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