DNA condensation and self-aggregation of Escherichia coli Dps are coupled phenomena related to the properties of the N-terminus

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 5935-5944

  Ceci, Pierpaolo ^b   Cellai, Sara ^a   Falvo, Elisabetta ^b   Rivetti, Claudio ^a   Rossi, Gian Luigi ^a   Chiancone, Emilia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LYSINE; OLIGOMER;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA BINDING; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; SEQUENCE DELETION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 10244243805     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh915     Document Type: Article

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