Three-way interactions among the Sfh, StpA and H-NS nucleoid-structuring proteins of Shigella flexneri 2a strain 2457T

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1401-1416

  Deighan, Padraig ^a   Beloin, Christophe ^a,b   Dorman, Charles J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA; H NS LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; SFH PROTEIN; STPA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI 2A STR. 2457T;

EID: 0038120866     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03515.x     Document Type: Article

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