title: Relationships between chromosome segregation, cell shape and temperature in Escherichia coli.
abstract: The partitioning of chromosomes into daughter cells during the division of Escherichia coli is non-random. As a result, the chromosome containing the older template DNA strand has a higher probability of segregating toward the old cell pole than toward the new cell pole. The numerical value of this probability is a function of the incubation temperature. It is shown here that a recent model for explaining the physiological basis for non-random chromosome segregation also explains the temperature dependence of the segregation process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne 32901.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Helmstetter
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Leonard
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Grimwade
mesh_terms: D004261:DNA Replication; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D008957:Models, Genetic; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial