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. 2015 May 8:6:424.
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00424. eCollection 2015.

The nucleoid as a smart polymer

Vittore F Scolari  1 , Bianca Sclavi  2 , Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino  3
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The nucleoid as a smart polymer

Vittore F Scolari et al. Front Microbiol. .
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Keywords: bacterial nucleoid; genome organization; nucleoid-associated proteins; polymer sensors; smart-polymers; supercoiling.

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“Smart-polymer” functionality of the nucleoid.
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