The H-NS dimerization domain defines a new fold contributing to DNA recognition

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 212-218

  Bloch, Vanessa ^a   Yang, Yinshan ^a   Margeat, Emmanuel ^a   Chavanieu, Alain ^a   Augé, Marie Thérèse ^a   Robert, Bruno ^b   Arold, Stefan ^a   Rimsky, Sylvie ^c   Kochoyan, Michel ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

^c Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BINDING KINETICS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REACTION ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037336248     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb904     Document Type: Article

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