In some organisms, like humans, chromosomes are linear, but in other organisms, like bacteria, chromosomes are typically circular. In prokaryotes, the circular chromosome is contained in the ...

Contains genes that help cell to function, eg genes for antibiotic resistance Bacterial cell ? Compartment in cell where DNA is stored as chromosomes Controls activities of cell Animal cell ...

How do bacteria, lacking a nucleus ... Supercoiling explains how chromosomes fit into a small corner of the cell, but how do the proteins involved in replication and transcription access the ...