Replication through the terminus region of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome is not essential for the formation of a division septum that partitions the DNA - PubMed (original) (raw)

Replication through the terminus region of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome is not essential for the formation of a division septum that partitions the DNA

L J Wu et al. J Bacteriol. 1995 Oct.

Abstract

Germinated and outgrowing spores of a temperature-sensitive DNA initiation mutant of Bacillus subtilis were allowed to initiate a single round of replication by being shifted from 34 to 47 degrees C at the appropriate time. The DNA replication inhibitor 6-(parahydroxyphenylazo)-uracil was added to separate portions of the culture at various times during the round. Samples were collected from each around the time of the first division septation for measurements of the extent of the round completed, the level of division septation, the position of the septum within the outgrown cell, and the distribution of DNA (nucleoid) in relation to the septum. The extent of replication was measured directly through a hybridization approach. The results show clearly that a central division septum can close down onto a chromosome that is only partially replicated (to a minimum extent of about 60% of the round) such that DNA appears on both sides of the septum and frequently very close to it. It is concluded, as claimed previously on the basis of a less direct approach (T. McGinness and R.G. Wake, J. Mol. Biol. 134:251-264, 1979), that replication through the terminus region of the chromosome is not essential for the formation of a division septum that partitions the DNA.

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Replication through the terminus region of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome is not essential for the formation of a division septum that partitions the DNA - PubMed (original) (raw)