The role of H-NS in silencing F transfer gene expression during entry into stationary phase

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 769-782

  Will, William R ^a   Lu, Jun ^a   Frost, Laura S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; PROTEIN TRAJ; PROTEIN TRAM; PROTEIN TRAY; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MATING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; F FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 7644241959     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04303.x     Document Type: Article

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