Eclipse-synchrony relationship in Escherichia coli strains with mutations affecting sequestration, initiation of replication and superhelicity of the bacterial chromosome.

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Initiation of replication from oriC on the Escherichia coli chromosomes occurs once and only once per generation at the same cell mass per origin. During rapid growth there are overlapping replication cycles, and initiation occurs synchronously at two or more copies of oriC. Since the bacterial growth can vary over a wide range (from three divisions per hour to 2.5 hours or more per division) the frequency of...

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