title: Chromosome segregation in Eubacteria.
abstract: It is now clear that bacterial chromosomes rapidly separate in a manner independent of cell elongation, suggesting the existence of a mitotic apparatus in bacteria. Recent studies of bacterial cells reveal filamentous structures similar to the eukaryotic cytoskeleton, proteins that mediate polar chromosome anchoring during Bacillus subtilis sporulation, and SMC interacting proteins that are involved in chromosome condensation. A picture is thereby developing of how bacterial chromosomes are organized within the cell, how they are separated following duplication, and how these processes are coordinated with the cell cycle.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biological Sciences, 9500 Gilman Drive, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0349, USA. kpogliano@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Kit
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pogliano
authors.forename: Joe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pogliano
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development*; D020090:Chromosome Segregation / Q000502:physiology*; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology*