Single-molecule study on histone-like nucleoid-structuring protein (H-NS) paralogue in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: MvaU Bears DNA organization mode similarities to MvaT

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Winardhi, Ricksen S ^a,b,c   Castang, Sandra ^d   Dove, Simon L ^d   Yan, Jie ^b,c,e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; PROTEIN MVAT; PROTEIN MVAU; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE SILENCING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84910154508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112246     Document Type: Article

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