The global bacterial regulator H-NS promotes transpososome formation and transposition in the Tn5 system

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 309-321

  Whitfield, Crystal R ^a   Wardle, Simon J ^a   Haniford, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HEPARIN; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; HYDROXYL RADICAL;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RADICAL REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TN5 BACTERIAL TRANSPOSON; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MUTATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 59649104717     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn935     Document Type: Article

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