Structural perturbations induced in linear and circular DNA by the architectural protein HU from Bacillus stearothermophilus

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 5359-5366

  Benevides, James M ^a   Serban, Doinita ^a,b   Thomas Jr , George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEINS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

HOMODIMERIC HU PROTEINS; HU-DNA RECOGNITION; MOLECULAR MECHANISMS; NUCLEOID COMPACTIONS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CIRCULAR DNA; CURVED DNA; DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; HU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; LINEAR DNA; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS;

EID: 33645988525     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0523557     Document Type: Article

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