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. 2007 Jan 26;92(8):2875–2884. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.106.095729

FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 2

Dependence of nucleoid volume on chloroquine concentration: as negative supercoiling relaxes, the nucleoids expand, reaching maximum volume at full relaxation. Further increase in chloroquine concentration leads to the accumulation of positive supercoiling and associated contraction of nucleoids.