Inhibition of factor-dependent transcription termination in Escherichia coli might relieve xenogene silencing by abrogating H-NS-DNA interactions in vivo

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-61

  Chandraprakash, Deepti ^a   Seshasayee, Aswin Sai Narain ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Gene silencing; hns; horizontal gene transfer; rho; transcription termination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN;

CELL ORGANELLE; CHROMOSOME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INHIBITION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MAPPING; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE SILENCING; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84896037136     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 09737138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-014-9413-4     Document Type: Article

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