title: Complications and implications of linear bacterial chromosomes.
abstract: The emergence of linear bacterial chromosomes has overthrown the dogma of universal circularity of the bacterial chromosomes, and posed mechanistic and evolutionary implications not previously anticipated.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Genetics, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. cwchen@ym.edu.tw
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D004261:DNA Replication; D008957:Models, Genetic