Ler of pathogenic Escherichia coli forms toroidal protein-DNA complexes

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1123-1133

  Mellies, Jay L ^a   Benison, Gregory ^a   McNitt, William ^b   Mavor, David ^c   Boniface, Chris ^d   Larabee, Frederick J ^e  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; PROTEIN LER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79953717416     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.046094-0     Document Type: Article

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