Ultrastructure of a condensed chromosome-like structure in a cyanobacterium Date: October 20, 2016 Source: National Institutes of Natural Sciences Summary: Eukaryotic cells, including human cells ...

What is a prokaryotic cell? Prokaryotes are small, single-celled organisms with a simple structure. Unlike other cells, they don’t have a nucleus or other membrane-bound organelles. Instead, most ...

Most prokaryotes are small, single-celled organisms that have a relatively simple structure. Prokaryotic cells are surrounded by a plasma membrane, but they have no internal membrane-bound ...

Most prokaryotes are small, single-celled organisms that have a relatively simple structure. Prokaryotic cells are surrounded by a plasma membrane, but they have no internal membrane-bound ...

What holds chromosomes together? Structure of DNA-packaging proteins described Date: January 28, 2013 Source: Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry Summary: To ensure that the genetic material is ...

However, recent studies have indicated that some prokaryotes have linear chromosomes. For example, Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, contains a linear chromosome of 910,725 ...