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Interaction of the Escherichia coli HU protein with DNA. Evidence for formation of nucleosome-like structures with altered DNA helical pitch.

Steven S. Broyles, +1 more
- 05 Jan 1986 - 
- Vol. 187, Iss: 1, pp 47-60
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The results suggest a model in which DNA is coiled in left-handed toroidal supercoils on the HU complex, having a stoichiometry resembling that of the half-nucleosome of eukaryotic chromatin.
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This article is published in Journal of Molecular Biology.The article was published on 1986-01-05. It has received 305 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: HU Protein & DNA supercoil.

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Bacterial nucleoid-associated proteins, nucleoid structure and gene expression

TL;DR: NAP biology is considered from the standpoints of both gene regulation and nucleoid structure to show that nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs) and transcription contribute in combination to the dynamic nature of nucleoids structure.
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A physiological role for DNA supercoiling in the osmotic regulation of gene expression in S. typhimurium and E. coli

TL;DR: Evidence that DNA supercoiling plays a key role in the osmotic induction of proU transcription is presented, and mutations in osmZ are highly pleiotropic, affecting expression of a variety of chromosomal genes including ompF, ompC, fimA, and the bgl operon.
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Cyclic AMP in prokaryotes.

TL;DR: This review summarizes recent work focused on elucidating the molecular mechanisms of CRP-cAMP complex-mediated processes in enteric coliforms and suggests a role for cAMP has been suggested in nitrogen fixation.
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Nucleotide excision repair in Escherichia coli.

TL;DR: Using a number of in vitro assays, researchers have been able to elucidate the action mechanism of the UvrABC nuclease complex, which represents a unique form of protein-DNA interaction.
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