Architectural organization in E. coli nucleoid

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1819, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 830-835

  Macvanin, Mirjana ^a   Adhya, Sankar ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome organization; Histone like protein; HU; Nucleoid

Indexed keywords

DNA; HU PROTEIN; RNA;

CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA PACKAGING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84861871818     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: 18764320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2012.02.012     Document Type: Review

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