CONFERENCE ON BACTERIAL CHROMOSOMES

描述(改编自调查人员摘要)：Keystone会议 细菌的染色体包括各种各样的途径 细菌染色体的一般主题。染色体必须成功 复制、传递到子代细胞，并允许差异表达 已编码的信息。所有这些都必须在 构成细胞周期的程序化事件序列，必须 允许对计划外的环境输入做出快速响应。染色体 结构受到连续选择的影响，但仍保持可塑性和 能够在短时间尺度和进化时间尺度上进行改变。这次会议 研究了染色体功能所必需的特定机制和 它们与细胞周期和细胞生长的整合。不同的主题 报道提供了一个独特的机会来揭示意想不到的 染色体功能之间的相互关系和研究染色体功能的新方法 对这些功能的研究。会议的重点将是整合 对具体过程(复制、 重组、转座和转录)受 细胞周期和染色体运动的复杂生物学过程。这 应该会让这次会议对科学家来说特别有价值 只能出席关于其特定主题的会议，并为学生和 进入这个领域的博士后研究员。

DESCRIPTION (adapted from investigator's abstract): The Keystone Meeting on the Bacterial Chromosome includes a wide variety of approaches to the general topic of bacterial chromosomes. Chromosomes must be successfully copied, be transmitted to daughter cells, and allow differential expression of encoded information. All of this must happen in the context of the programmed sequence of events that constitute the cell cycle and must still allow rapid response to unscheduled environmental inputs. Chromosome structure is subject to continual selection and yet has remained plastic and capable of change on both short and evolutionary time scales. This meeting examines both the specific mechanisms necessary for chromosome function and their integration with the cell cycle and cell growth. The diverse topics covered provide a unique opportunity for revealing unexpected interrelationships among chromosome functions and new approaches to the study of these functions. The focus of the meeting will be on integrating the emerging understanding of how specific processes (replication, recombination, transposition and transcription) are regulated with the complex biological processes of cell cycle and chromosome movement. This should make the meeting particularly valuable for scientists who normally may only attend meetings on their specific topic and for students and postdoctoral fellows moving into this field.