Oligomeric structures of the phage ∅29 histone-like protein p6

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 292, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 581-588

  Abril, Ana M ^b   Marco, Sergio ^a   Carrascosa, José L ^a   Salas, Margarita ^b   Hermoso, José M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bacteriophage 29; Electron microscopy; Histone like protein; Nucleoid; Oligomers

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OLIGOMER;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA BINDING; DNA SUPERCOILING; IMAGE PROCESSING; PLEIOTROPY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0033600793     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3078     Document Type: Article

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