Although homologous recombination and DNA repair phenomena in bacteria were initially
extensively studied without regard to any relationship between the two, it is now appreciated …

Plasmids harbor genes coding for specific functions including virulence factors and antibiotic
resistance that permit bacteria to survive the hostile environment found in the host and resist …

Allelic exchange experiments allow investigation of the functions of many unknown genes
identified during the sequencing of entire genomes. Isogenic strains differing by only specific …

ZipA and FtsA are essential division proteins in Escherichia coli that are recruited to the
division site by interaction with FtsZ. Utilizing a newly isolated temperature‐sensitive …

The Escherichia coli RNA degradosome is the prototype of a recently discovered family of
multiprotein machines involved in the processing and degradation of RNA. The interactions …

Bacterial chromosomes are organized in replichores of opposite sequence polarity. This
conserved feature suggests a role in chromosome dynamics. Indeed, sequence polarity …

This map is an update of the edition 9 map by Berlyn et al.(MKB Berlyn, KB Low, and KE
Rudd, p. 1715–1902, in FC Neidhardt et al., ed., Escherichia coli and Salmonella: cellular …

▪ Abstract Gene amplification is a common feature of the genome of prokaryotic organisms.
In this review, we analyze different instances of gene amplification in a variety of …

Bacteria use the replication origin-to-terminus polarity of their circular chromosomes to
control DNA transactions during the cell cycle. Segregation starts by active migration of the …

Multicopy plasmids of Escherichia coli are distributed randomly at cell division and, as long
as copy number remains high, plasmid‐free cells arise only rarely. Copy number variation is …