The Chlamydial EUO gene encodes a histone H1-specific protease

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 5928-5934

  Kaul, Ravi ^a   Hoang, Anna ^a   Yau, Peter ^b   Bradbury, E Morton ^b,c   Wenman, Wanda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HISTONE H1; PROTEINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030883567     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.18.5928-5934.1997     Document Type: Article

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