Functional evolution of bacterial histone-like HU proteins

Current Issues in Molecular Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Grove, Anne ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HISTONE H1; HU PROTEIN; LYSINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79551677278     PISSN: 14673037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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