Functions of the Hha and YdgT proteins in transcriptional silencing by the nucleoid proteins, H-NS and StpA, in escherichia coli

DNA Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 263-271

  Ueda, Takeshi ^a   Takahashi, Hiroki ^b   Uyar, Ebru ^a,c   Ishikawa, Shu ^a   Ogasawara, Naotake ^a   Oshima, Taku ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; H NS; Hha; StpA; YdgT

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; H-NS; HHA; STPA; YDGT;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84884180316     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: 17561663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dst008     Document Type: Article

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