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Chromosome segregation: pushing plasmids apart.

Craig Stephens
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The ParM ATPase from Escherichia coli plasmid R1 assembles into F-actin-like filaments which appear to push replicated copies of the plasmid to opposite ends of the cell, ensuring partitioning into daughter cells. Might bacterial chromosomes use a similar mitotic strategy for segregation?

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Craig Stephens. 2002-10-29. Chromosome segregation: pushing plasmids apart.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0960-9822(02)01248-4

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