Conservation of DNA curvature signals in regulatory regions of prokaryotic genes

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 6770-6777

  Jáuregui, Ruy ^a   Abreu Goodger, Cei ^a   Moreno Hagelsieb, Gabriel ^b   Collado Vides, Julio ^b   Merino, Enrique ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION; HU PROTEIN; PROTEIN IHF; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLUSTER OF ORTHOLOGOUS GROUPS OF PROTEINS DATABASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 17944395329     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg882     Document Type: Review

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