The hepatocyte nuclear factor 3 (HNF-3)/fork head (fkh) family contains a large number of
transcription factors and folds into a winged helix motif. Despite having almost invariable …

DNA-packaging and the control of gene expression constitute a major challenge for bacteria
to survive and adapt to environmental changes. The use of multiple strategies to solve these …

The nucleoid-associated protein H-NS has a central role in the structuring and control of the
enteric bacterial chromosome. This protein has been demonstrated to contribute to the …

Topological constraints placed on short fragments of DNA change the disorder found in
chain molecules randomly decorated by nonspecific, architectural proteins into tightly …

HU is one of the most abundant DNA binding proteins in Escherichia coli. Like the histones,
HU is able to condense DNA in vitro and to introduce negative supercoiling in covalently …

Streptococcus intermedius histone‐like DNA‐binding protein (Si‐HLP) is a homodimeric
protein and, conserved with Escherichia coli HU, a well‐documented nucleoid‐associated …

Nucleoid proteins are a group of abundant DNA binding proteins that modulate the structure
of the bacterial chromosome. They have been recruited as specific negative and positive …

Background H-NS family proteins are nucleoid-associated proteins that form oligomers on
DNA and function as global regulators. They are found in both bacterial chromosomes and …

Integration host factor (IHF) is a bacterial histone-like protein whose primary biological role
is to condense the bacterial nucleoid and to constrain DNA supercoils. It does so by binding …

HU is one of the most abundant DNA binding proteins of bacteria. Unlike IHF, integration
host factor of Escherichia coli, with which HU shares many properties, including a strong …