A novel nucleoid protein of Escherichia coli induced under anaerobiotic growth conditions

J Teramoto, SH Yoshimura, K Takeyasu… - Nucleic acids …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT A systematic search was performed for DNA-binding sequences of YgiP, an
uncharacterized transcription factor of Escherichia coli, by using the Genomic SELEX. A total …

Modulation of DNA conformations through the formation of alternative high-order HU–DNA complexes

D Sagi, N Friedman, C Vorgias, AB Oppenheim… - Journal of molecular …, 2004 - Elsevier
HU is an abundant, highly conserved protein associated with the bacterial chromosome. It
belongs to a small class of proteins that includes the eukaryotic proteins TBP, SRY, HMG-I …

Regulation of bacterial DNA packaging in early stationary phase by competitive DNA binding of Dps and IHF

SY Lee, CJ Lim, P Dröge, J Yan - Scientific Reports, 2015 - nature.com
The bacterial nucleoid, a bacterial genome packed by nucleoid binding proteins, forms the
physical basis for cellular processes such as gene transcription and DNA replication …

Bacteriophage protein Gp46 is a cross-species inhibitor of nucleoid-associated HU proteins

P Zhang, X Zhao, Y Wang, K Du… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The architectural protein histone-like protein from Escherichia coli strain U93 (HU) is the
most abundant bacterial DNA binding protein and highly conserved among bacteria and …

DNA sequence-directed cooperation between nucleoid-associated proteins

A Japaridze, W Yang, C Dekker, W Nasser… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs) are a class of highly abundant DNA-binding proteins
in bacteria and archaea. While both the composition and relative abundance of the NAPs …

Dual architectural roles of HU: formation of flexible hinges and rigid filaments

J van Noort, S Verbrugge, N Goosen… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
The nucleoid-associated protein HU is one of the most abundant proteins in Escherichia coli
and has been suggested to play an important role in bacterial nucleoid organization and …

Function of nucleoid-associated proteins in chromosome structuring and transcriptional regulation

CJ Dorman - Journal of molecular microbiology and biotechnology, 2014 - karger.com
Nucleoid-associated proteins typically are abundant, low-molecular-mass polypeptides that
bind DNA and alter its shape and its ability to participate in transactions such as …

Association of nucleoid proteins with coding and non-coding segments of the Escherichia coli genome

DC Grainger, D Hurd, MD Goldberg… - Nucleic acids …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The Escherichia coli chromosome is condensed into an ill-defined structure known as the
nucleoid. Nucleoid-associated DNA-binding proteins are involved in maintaining this …

DNA binding mode transitions of Escherichia coli HUαβ: Evidence for formation of a bent DNA—protein complex on intact, linear duplex DNA

J Koh, RM Saecker, MT Record Jr - Journal of molecular biology, 2008 - Elsevier
Escherichia coli HUαβ, a major nucleoid-associated protein, organizes chromosomal DNA
and facilitates numerous DNA transactions. Using isothermal titration calorimetry …

Clarification of the dimerization domain and its functional significance for the Escherichia coli nucleoid protein H-NS

C Ueguchi, C Seto, T Suzuki, T Mizuno - Journal of molecular biology, 1997 - Elsevier
The Escherichia coli nucleoid protein, H-NS, functions as a global regulator for expression of
a wide variety of genes. We recently analyzed the structure-function relationship of H-NS …