Oligomerization mechanisms of an H-NS family protein, Pmr, encoded on the plasmid pCAR1 provide a molecular basis for functions of H-NS family members

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Suzuki, Chiho ^a   Kawazuma, Kohei ^a   Horita, Shoichiro ^b,c   Terada, Tohru ^b   Tanokura, Masaru ^b   Okada, Kazunori ^a   Yamane, Hisakazu ^a,d   Nojiri, Hideaki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; PMR PROTEIN; TURA PROTEIN; TURB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; FIMG PROTEIN, E COLI; NUCLEOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HETERO OLIGOMERIZATION; HOMO OLIGOMERIZATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLASMID; PROCEDURES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS;

EID: 84927793784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105656     Document Type: Article

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