Horizontally acquired homologues of the nucleoid-associated protein H-NS: Implications for gene regulation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 264-267

  Dorman, Charles J ^a  

^a School of Genetics and Microbiology   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; PROTEIN HFP; PROTEIN HHA; PROTEIN STPA; PROTEIN YDGT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION REPRESSION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 74349126563     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06996.x     Document Type: Note

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