YdgT, the Hha paralogue in Escherichia coli, forms heteromeric complexes with H-NS and StpA

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 251-263

  Paytubi, Sònia ^a,c   Madrid, Cristina ^a   Forns, Núria ^a   Nieto, José María ^a   Balsalobre, Carlos ^b   Uhlin, Bernt Eric ^b   Juárez, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; PROTEIN HHA; PROTEIN HNS; PROTEIN STPA; PROTEIN YDGT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MUTATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 4744347785     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04268.x     Document Type: Article

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