Probing the structure, function, and interactions of the Escherichia coli H-NS and StpA proteins by using dominant negative derivatives

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 4335-4343

  Williams, Roy M ^a   Rimsky, Sylvie ^a   Buc, Henri ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029785418     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.15.4335-4343.1996     Document Type: Article

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