DNA clasping by mycobacterial HU: The c-terminal region of HupB mediates increased specificity of DNA binding

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Sardesai, Abhijit A ^a   Basu, Debashree ^a   Muniyappa, Kalappagowda ^b   Hasnain, Seyed E ^c,d,e  

^a CENTRE FOR DNA FINGERPRINTING AND DIAGNOSTICS   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^e JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; HU PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA; PROTEIN HUPB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE; HISTONE LIKE PROTEIN HU, BACTERIA; HISTONE-LIKE PROTEIN HU, BACTERIA; HUPB PROTEIN, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BETA SHEET; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HISTONES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77958585144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012551     Document Type: Article

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