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The nucleoid was described with respect to chromosome segregation above. Indeed, experiments in many of the model systems indicate that bacteria carefully coordinate the position of the chromosome in the cell. Through techniques in which individual positions in the chromosome can be localized in whole cells, it has been shown that genes are localized in the cell in roughly the same order as one would presume by looking at the DNA sequence. A variety of techniques are providing insight into how the structure of the chromosome is maintained in the cell. The molecular mechanisms that maintain the chromosome structure remain a mystery, but specific<br>systems are likely to exist to ensure that the chromosome is available for transcription, recombination, and other functions. Bacterial nucleoids can be released from cells in a relatively intact state using gentle lysis procedures. DNA isolated from bacteria by such a procedure is shown in Figure 1.24. The nucleoid is composed of 30 to 50 loops of DNA emerging from a more condensed region, or core. Seeing this tangle of loops, it is difficult to imagine<br>that the DNA in this complicated structure is actually one long, continuous circular molecule.
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