Escherichia coli protein analogs StpA and H-NS: Regulatory loops, similar and disparate effects on nucleic acid dynamics

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1340-1349

  Zhang, Aixia ^a,b   Rimsky, Sylvie ^c   Reaban, Mary E ^a   Buc, Henri ^c   Belfort, Marlene ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

DNA supercoiling; Histone like proteins; RNA chaperone activities; Splicing; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; CURVED DNA; GENE PRODUCT; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029913710     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00476.x     Document Type: Article

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