Increased bending rigidity of single DNA molecules by H-NS, a temperature and osmolarity sensor

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2467-2473

  Amit, Roee ^a   Oppenheim, Amos B ^b   Stavans, Joel ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CURVED DNA; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; HISTONELIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; NAKED DNA; NUCLEOID PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; COMPLEX FORMATION; CROSS LINKING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SENSOR; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037381991     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)75051-6     Document Type: Article

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