Indirect DNA readout by an H-NS related protein: Structure of the DNA complex of the C-terminal domain of Ler

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Cordeiro, Tiago N ^a   Schmidt, Holger ^b,e   Madrid, Cristina ^c   Juárez, Antonio ^c,d   Bernadó, Pau ^a   Griesinger, Christian ^b   García, Jesús ^a   Pons, Miquel ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE FOR BIOENGINEERING OF CATALONIA IBEC   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA B; PROTEIN LER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; FIMG PROTEIN, E COLI; LER PROTEIN, E COLI; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOMIC ISLAND; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ARGININE; DNA, B-FORM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 81755182981     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002380     Document Type: Article

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