Stabilization of compact spermidine nucleoids from Escherichia coli under crowded conditions: Implications for in vivo nucleoid structure

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 336-346

  Murphy, Lizabeth D ^a   Zimmerman, Steven B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SPERMIDINE;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA DENATURATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030875091     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1997.3884     Document Type: Article

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