The nucleoid protein H-NS facilitates chromosome DNA replication in Escherichia coli dnaA mutants

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 5790-5792

  Katayama, Tsutomu ^a   Takata, Makoto ^a   Sekimizu, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HISTONE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

EID: 0029797932     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.19.5790-5792.1996     Document Type: Article

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