The structure of the Oligomerization domain of Lsr2 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveals a mechanism for chromosome organization and protection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Summers, Emma L ^a   Meindl, Kathrin ^b   Usón, Isabel ^b   Mitra, Alok K ^c   Radjainia, Mazdak ^c   Colangeli, Roberto ^d   Alland, David ^d   Arcus, Vickery L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DIMER; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN LSR2; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOPOLYMERS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84862175853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038542     Document Type: Article

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