Modulation of Rho-dependent transcription termination in Escherichia coli by the H-NS family of proteins

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 3832-3841

  Saxena, Shivalika ^a   Gowrishankar, J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR DNA FINGERPRINTING AND DIAGNOSTICS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION FACTOR RHO;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 79960388772     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00220-11     Document Type: Article

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