H-NS as a defence system

Bacterial Chromatin

Volumn 9789048134731, Issue , 2010, Pages 251-322

  Navarre, William Wiley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA topology; H NS; Horizontal gene transfer; Lateral gene transfer; Nucleoid structuring protein; Xenogeneic silencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052520513     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3473-1_13     Document Type: Chapter

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