The nucleoid-associated protein Dan organizes chromosomal DNA through rigid nucleoprotein filament formation in E. coli during anoxia

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 746-753

  Lim, Ci Ji ^a,b   Lee, Sin Yi ^a,b   Teramoto, Jun ^c   Ishihama, Akira ^c   Yan, Jie ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID; DAN TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA; MAGNESIUM; NUCLEOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESTRICTION; MICROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; NUCLEOPROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84875439944     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks1126     Document Type: Article

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