New insights into transcriptional regulation by H-NS

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-120

  Fang, Ferric C ^a   Rimsky, Sylvie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN;

BINDING AFFINITY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

EID: 42049115086     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2008.02.011     Document Type: Review

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