Multiple restraints to the unfolding of spermidine nucleoids from Escherichia coli

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 46-62

  Murphy, Lizabeth D ^a   Zimmerman, Steven B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloramphenicol; Dilatancy assay; DNA; Escherichia coli; Lysozyme; Microscopy; Nucleoid; Protease; RNA; RNase; Spermidine; Urea

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPERMIDINE; UREA;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034513957     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.2000.4306     Document Type: Article

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