Nucleoid-associated proteins encoded on plasmids: Occurrence and mode of function

Plasmid

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 32-44

  Shintani, Masaki ^a   Suzuki Minakuchi, Chiho ^b   Nojiri, Hideaki ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

H NS; Host chromosome; HU; MvaT; NdpA; Nucleoid associated proteins

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; LEUCINE RESPONSIVE REGULATORY PROTEIN; NUCLEOID ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; H-NS PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLI; BACTERIAL GENOME; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA INTEGRATION; DOWN REGULATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; OPERON; OSMOTIC STRESS; PLASMID; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULON; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACILLI (CLASS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENES, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 84938978914     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2015.04.008     Document Type: Article

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