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Events at the terminus before division. During decatenation, dimer chromosomes are generated. FtsK (yellow ovals) interacts with polarized RAG sequences (arrows) to translocate the chromosomes in such a way that the dif sites (pink/green circles) are juxtaposed near FtsK. XerC/D recombination monomerizes the chromosomes for partition to daughter cells. (Figure provided by C. Lesterlin and F. Cornet.)
