DNA-binding activities in Streptococcus gordonii: Identification of a receptor-nickase and a histonelike protein

Current Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-100

  Lunsford, R Dwayne ^a   Nguyen, Nga ^b   London, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; HISTONE; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MAGNESIUM ION;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; DNA BINDING; DNA NICK TRANSLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HISTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

EID: 0030061675     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900017     Document Type: Article

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