Bacterial protein HU dictates the morphology of DNA condensates produced by crowding agents and polyamines

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 951-961

  Sarkar, Tumpa ^a   Vitoc, Iulia ^b   Mukerji, Ishita ^b   Hud, Nicholas V ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HU PROTEIN; POLYAMINE DERIVATIVE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

DNA; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SPERMIDINE; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33847348438     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl1093     Document Type: Article

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