DNA bridging: A property shared among H-NS-like proteins

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1845-1848

  Dame, Remus T ^a   Luijsterburg, Martijn S ^a,e   Krin, Evelyne ^b   Bertin, Philippe N ^c   Wagner, Rolf ^d   Wuite, Gijs J L ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; COMPLEX FORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 14244261013     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.5.1845-1848.2005     Document Type: Article

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