The obligate human pathogen, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, is polyploid.
We show using several methodologies that the Gram-negative, diplococcal-bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae has more than one complete genome copy per cell. Gene dosage measurements demonstrated that only a single replication initiation event per chromosome occurs per round of cell division, and that th...
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| Main Authors: | Deborah M Tobiason, H Steven Seifert |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2006-06-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.0040185&type=printable |
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