Systematic mutational analysis revealing the functional domain organization of Escherichia coli nucleoid protein H-NS

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-162

  Ueguchi, Chiharu ^a   Suzuki, Tomomi ^a   Yoshida, Takayuki ^a   Tanaka, Ken Ichi ^a   Mizuno, Takeshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Global regulator; H NS; Mutational analysis; Nucleoid protein; Silencing

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030601826     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0566     Document Type: Article

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