H-NS binds with high affinity to the Tn10 transpososome and promotes transpososome stabilization

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 6148-6160

  Wardle, Simon J ^a   Chan, Amanda ^a   Haniford, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA TRANSPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TRANSPOSON; TRANSPOSOSOME;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70350690564     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp672     Document Type: Article

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