Natural synthesis of a DNA-binding protein from the C-terminal domain of DNA gyrase A in Borrelia burgdorferi

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 4875-4881

  Knight, Scott W ^a,b   Samuels, D Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; DNA gyrase; HU; IHF; Mu

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING);

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGE MU; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA GYRASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033199337     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.17.4875     Document Type: Article

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