BACTERIAL CHROMATIN

By L. KIZAU

CONTENTS PART I STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME 1 ULTRASTRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF BACTERIAL CHROMOSOMES 2 IMAGING THE BACTERIAL NUCLEOID 3 THE CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION MACHINERY IN BACTERIA 4 EXTRACHROMOSOMAL COMPONENTS OF THE NUCLEOID: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN DECIPHERING THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF PLASMID SEGREGATION 5 NUCLEOID STRUCTURE AND SEGREGATION 6 POLYMER PHYSICS FOR UNDERSTANDING BACTERIAL CHROMOSOMES 7 MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF BACTERIAL NUCLEOIDS 8 NUCLEOID-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS: STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES 9 DPS AND BACTERIAL CHROMATIN PART II CHROMATIN ORGANIZATION IN ARCHAEA AND EUKARYOTES 10 ARCHAEAL CHROMATIN ORGANIZATION 11 THE TOPOLOGY AND ORGANIZATION OF EUKARYOTIC CHROMATIN PART III REGULATION BY NUCLEOID-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS 12 BACTERIAL CHROMATIN AND GENE REGULATION 13 H-NS AS A DEFENCE SYSTEM 14 FIS AND NUCLEOID DYNAMICS UPON EXIT FROM LAG PHASE 15 LRP: A NUCLEOID-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN WITH GENE REGULATORY FUNCTIONS 16 EXTREME DNA BENDING: MOLECULAR BASIS OF THE REGULATORY BREADTH OF IHF 17 ROLE OF HU IN REGULATION OF GAL PROMOTERS 18 TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION BY NUCLEOID-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS AT COMPLEX PROMOTERS IN ESCHERICHIA COLI