Higher order oligomerization is required for H-NS family member MvaT to form gene-silencing nucleoprotein filament

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 8942-8952

  Winardhi, Ricksen S ^a,b,c,d   Fu, Wenbo ^b   Castang, Sandra ^e   Li, Yanan ^b   Dove, Simon L ^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 BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; MAGNESIUM; MUTANT PROTEIN; MVAT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HAIRPIN; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; OLIGOMERIZATION; OSMOLARITY; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84867500676     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks669     Document Type: Article

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