Figure 5. Average DNA configuration in a C. crescentus mutant cell where ori is located at 6 o'clock and ter at 3 o'clock on the chromosome.
In the simulations the chromosome is represented by a self-avoiding chain of blobs with diameter . The chain consists of 2000 blobs: 1500 blobs for the segment connecting ori and ter and 500 blobs for the segment connecting ter and ori. Cell size is
. The error bars denote standard deviations from mean position.