Purification of recombinant Chlamydia trachomatis histone H1-like protein Hc2, and comparative functional analysis of Hc2 and Hc1

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 295-311

  Pedersen, Lotte Bang ^a   Birkelund, Svend ^a   Christiansen, Gunna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 9244251549     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02618.x     Document Type: Article

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