Physical Organization of DNA by Multiple Non-Specific DNA-Binding Modes of Integration Host Factor (IHF)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Lin, Jie ^a,b,c   Chen, Hu ^b   Dröge, Peter ^d   Yan, Jie ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; MONOVALENT CATION; NUCLEAR MATRIX PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BIOFILM; CELL LEVEL; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA CONFORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; STOICHIOMETRY;

CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; MAGNESIUM; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE LAMBDA;

EID: 84869123555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049885     Document Type: Article

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