Investigation of the self-association and hetero-association interactions of H-NS and StpA from Enterobacteria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-179

  Leonard, Paul G ^a,b   Ono, Shusuke ^a   Gor, Jayesh ^a   Perkins, Stephen J ^a   Ladbury, John E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; HOMODIMER; PLASMID DNA; RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STPA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 67650439289     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06754.x     Document Type: Article

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