A biomechanical mechanism for initiating DNA packaging

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 11921-11927

  Wang, Haowei ^a   Yehoshua, Samuel ^a   Ali, Sabrina S ^b   Navarre, William Wiley ^b   Milstein, Joshua N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN HHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; H-NS PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PACKAGING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VIVO STUDY; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; BIOMECHANICS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DNA PACKAGING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MUTATION;

EID: 84925283431     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku896     Document Type: Article

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