Caption During the replication of the bacterial chromosome, genes close to the replication start point (red) exist in multiple copies, while genes close to the endpoint do not (blue). At faster ...

These basic processes, known collectively as the cell cycle ... bacteria, undergo a type of cell division known as binary fission. This process involves replication of the cell's chromosomes ...

“If you impose a structure on it, which is this replication-driven cell cycle ... each chromosome, and some regions of the DNA are more tightly packaged than others, so this form of gene regulation ...