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    The nucleoid (meaning nucleus-like) is an irregularly shaped region within the prokaryotic cell that contains all or most of the genetic material. The...
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    possess a nucleus, and prokaryotic cells, which lack a nucleus but have a nucleoid region. Prokaryotes are single-celled organisms such as bacteria, whereas...
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    Histone-like nucleoid-structuring protein (H-NS), is one of twelve nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs) whose main function is the organization of genetic...
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    prokaryote is held within a DNA/protein complex in the cytosol called the nucleoid, which lacks a nuclear envelope. The complex contains a single, cyclic...
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    'plastid nucleoids'. Unlike the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell, a plastid nucleoid is not surrounded by a nuclear membrane. The region of each nucleoid may contain...
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  • region of the nucleoid The ParA that was released from the nucleoid behind the plasmid's movement redistributes to other regions of the nucleoid after a delay...
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    supercoil domains (SDs). These SDs play a major role in organizing the nucleoid. SDs negatively supercoiled on average but can sometimes be positively...
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    is held within an irregularly shaped body in the cytoplasm called the nucleoid. The genetic information in a genome is held within genes, and the complete...
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  • chromosome equivalent is called a genophore and is localized within the nucleoid region). The overall structure of the chromatin network further depends...
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    located in the cytoplasm in an irregularly shaped body called the nucleoid. The nucleoid contains the chromosome with its associated proteins and RNA. Like...
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