The 18-kilodalton Chlamydia trachomatis histone H1-like protein (Hc1) contains a potential N-terminal dimerization site and a C-terminal nucleic acid-binding domain

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 994-1002

  Pedersen, Lotte Bang ^a   Birkelund, Svend ^a   Holm, Arne ^b   Østergaard, Søren ^b   Christiansen, Gunna ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CROSS LINKING; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

EID: 0030067647     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.4.994-1002.1996     Document Type: Article

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