Clues and consequences of DNA bending in transcription

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue , 1997, Pages 593-628

  Pérez Martín, José ^a   De Lorenzo, Víctor ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coregulation; Curvature; Histone like proteins; Promoters; Remote activation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CURVED DNA;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030798605     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.51.1.593     Document Type: Review

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