H-NS in Gram-negative bacteria: A family of multifaceted proteins

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 511-518

  Tendeng, Christian ^a   Bertin, Philippe N ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN H NS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BUCHNERA APHIDICOLA; BURKHOLDERIA FUNGORUM; CHOLERA; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; JANTHINOBACTERIUM; METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NITROSOMONAS EUROPEA; NONHUMAN; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS MEVALONII; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSYCHROBACTER; RALSTONIA METALIDURANS; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; REVIEW; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SILICIBACTER POMEROYI; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WIGGLESWORTHIA GLOSSINIDIA; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ACINETOBACTER; AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AZOTOBACTER; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BUCHNERA APHIDICOLA; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA FUNGORUM; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; JANTHINOBACTERIUM; METHYLOCOCCUS; METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS; NEGIBACTERIA; NITROSOMONAS; PASTEURELLA; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PHOTORHABDUS; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS MEVALONII; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSYCHROBACTER; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SILICIBACTER POMEROYI; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WIGGLESWORTHIA GLOSSINIDIA; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0242289416     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2003.09.005     Document Type: Review

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