On the Role of H-NS in the Organization of Bacterial Chromatin: From Bulk to Single Molecules and Back...

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 4146-4148

  Dame, Remus Thei ^a   Wuite, Gijs J L ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BINDING SITE; CALCULATION; CHROMATIN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LETTER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0344550515     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74826-7     Document Type: Article

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