Differential binding of the Escherichia coli HU, homodimeric forms and heterodimeric form to linear, gapped and cruciform DNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 287, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 485-497

  Pinson, V ^a   Takahashi, M ^b   Rouviere Yaniv, J ^a  

^a INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cruciform DNA; DNA binding parameters; Heterodimeric protein; Histone like protein; Interactions DNA HU

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CRUCIFORM DNA; DIMER; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HISTONE; SYNTHETIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033515646     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2631     Document Type: Article

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