H-NS Regulates Gene Expression and Compacts the Nucleoid: Insights from Single-Molecule Experiments

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1321-1329

  Winardhi, Ricksen S ^a,b   Yan, Jie ^a,b   Kenney, Linda J ^a,b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; H-NS PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84943547206     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.08.016     Document Type: Review

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