Flexible DNA bending in HU-DNA cocrystal structures

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 3749-3760

  Swinger, Kerren K ^a   Lemberg, Kathryn M ^b   Zhang, Ying ^a   Rice, Phoebe A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anabaena; DNA bending protein; Negative supercoiling; Non specific DNA binding

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DNA; DNA B; DNA HOMOLOG; HU PROTEIN; PROTEIN IHF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; GEOMETRY; INTERCALATION COMPLEX; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROLINE;

ANABAENA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0041312645     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg351     Document Type: Article

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