Structure and function of bacterial H-NS protein

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1561-1569

  Grainger, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; H-NS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

EID: 85009914393     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20160190     Document Type: Article

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