Conformation and dynamic interactions of the multipartite genome in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Autor: Zhongqing Ren, Qin Liao, Xheni Karaboja, Ian S. Barton, Eli G. Schantz, Adrian Mejia-Santana, Clay Fuqua, Xindan Wang
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119
ISSN: 1091-6490
0027-8424
Popis: Significance How bacteria with multipartite genomes organize and segregate their DNA is poorly understood. Here, we investigate a prototypical multipartite genome in the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens . We identify previously unappreciated interreplicon interactions: the four replicons cluster through interactions at their centromeres, and the two chromosomes, one circular and one linear, interact along their replication arms. Our data suggest that these interreplicon contacts play critical roles in the organization and maintenance of multipartite genomes.
Databáze: OpenAIRE