Site-specific DNA binding and bending by the Borrelia burgdorferi Hbb protein

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 145-155

  Kobryn, Kerri ^a   Naigamwalla, Darius Z ^a   Chaconas, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CURVED DNA; GENE PRODUCT; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR;

BINDING SITE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA PACKAGING; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033925466     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01981.x     Document Type: Review

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