The 5.5 protein of phage T7 inhibits H-NS through interactions with the central oligomerization domain

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 4881-4892

  Ali, Sabrina S ^a   Beckett, Emily ^a   Bae, Sandy Jeehoon ^a   Navarre, William Wiley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5.5 PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RNA; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; RNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CENTRAL OLIGOMERIZATION DOMAIN; COLIPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGE T7; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80052549313     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05198-11     Document Type: Article

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