title: Closing the ring: a new twist to bacterial chromosome condensation.
abstract: The mechanisms underlying chromosome organization in bacteria are still shrouded in mystery. Sullivan et al. (2009) and Gruber and Errington (2009) now report that the DNA-binding protein ParB ensures proper arrangement and partitioning of chromosomal DNA in Bacillus subtilis by recruiting the condensin SMC to the replication origin region.
authors.affiliation: Independent Junior Research Group Prokaryotic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse, D-35043 Marburg, Germany. thanbichler@mpi-marburg.mpg.de
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thanbichler
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; C108312:condensin complexes; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases