H-NS, the genome sentinel

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-161

  Dorman, Charles J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AT RICH SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE SILENCING; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 33846465923     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1598     Document Type: Article

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