Concentration-dependent organization of DNA by the dinoflagellate histone-like protein HCc3

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2573-2583

  Chan, Yuk Hang ^a   Wong, Joseph T Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CONCATENATED DNA; HISTONE; HISTONE HCC3; POLYCATION; PROTOZOAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE LIKE PROTEIN HU, BACTERIA; HISTONE-LIKE PROTEIN HU, BACTERIA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DINOFLAGELLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIQUID CRYSTAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DIMERIZATION; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 34250364937     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm165     Document Type: Article

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