An architectural role of the Escherichia coli chromatin protein FIS in organising DNA

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 5107-5114

  Schneider, Robert ^a   Lurz, Rudolf ^b   Lüder, Gerhild ^b   Tolksdorf, Carolin ^a   Travers, Andrew ^c   Muskhelishvili, Georgi ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHROMOSOME PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0035945265     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/29.24.5107     Document Type: Article

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