A molecular mechanism for the repression of transcription by the H-NS protein

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1311-1323

  Rimsky, Sylvie ^a   Zuber, Florent ^a   Buckle, Malcolm ^a   Buc, Henri ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; NUCLEOPROTEIN; SYNTHETIC DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE CONTROL; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; SYNTHETIC CONSTRUCT;

EID: 0035725521     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02706.x     Document Type: Article

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