Gene silencing H-NS paralogue StpA forms a rigid protein filament along DNA that blocks DNA accessibility

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3316-3328

  Lim, Ci Ji ^a,b,c,d   Whang, Yixun R ^b,c,d   Kenney, Linda J ^b,d,e   Yan, Jie ^a,b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; MAGNESIUM; NAKED DNA; PROTEIN STPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONDENSATION; DNA PACKAGING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; GENE SILENCING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84860359300     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr1247     Document Type: Article

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