Clarification of the dimerization domain and its functional significance for the Escherichia coli nucleoid protein H-NS

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 274, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-151

  Ueguchi, Chiharu ^a   Seto, Chiharu ^a   Suzuki, Tomomi ^a   Mizuno, Takeshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dimerization; Global regulator; H NS; Nucleoid protein; Transcriptional repressor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NUCLEOID PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL FILTRATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030663474     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1381     Document Type: Editorial

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