Bacterial chromatin organization by H-NS protein unravelled using dual DNA manipulation

Nature

Volumn 444, Issue 7117, 2006, Pages 387-390

  Dame, Remus T ^a   Noom, Maarten C ^a   Wuite, Gijs J L ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME KINETICS; GROWTH KINETICS; HORMONES; PROTEINS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL CHROMATIN; BACTERIAL NUCLEOID; EUKARYOTIC ORGANISMS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

DNA;

DNA; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; DNA; PROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33751098486     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05283     Document Type: Article

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