Small abundant DNA binding proteins from the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus shibatae constrain negative DNA supercoils

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2560-2563

  Mai, Viet Q ^a   Chen, Xulin ^b   Hong, Ray ^a,c   Huang, Li ^a,b  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; SULFOLOBUS SHIBATAE; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 0031957673     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.9.2560-2563.1998     Document Type: Article

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