Escherichia coli integration host factor bends the DNA at the ends of IS1 and in an insertion hotspot with multiple IHF binding sites.

P Prentki, M Chandler, DJ Galas - The EMBO journal, 1987 - embopress.org
The integration host factor of Escherichia coli (IHF) is a small, histone‐like protein which
participates in the integration of bacteriophage lambda into the E. coli chromosome and in a …

Integration host factor binds specifically to multiple sites in the ompB promoter of Escherichia coli and inhibits transcription

P Tsui, L Huang, M Freundlich - Journal of bacteriology, 1991 - Am Soc Microbiol
Escherichia coli integration host factor (IHF) is a DNA-binding protein that participates in
gene regulation, site-specific recombination, and other processes in E. coli and some of its …

Comparison of protein binding to DNA in vivo and in vitro: defining an effective intracellular target.

SW Yang, HA Nash - The EMBO journal, 1995 - embopress.org
We have quantitatively evaluated the affinity of a set of target sites for the integration host
factor (IHF) protein of Escherichia coli by their performance as competitors in an …

A quantitative UV laser footprinting analysis of the interaction of IHF with specific binding sites: re-evaluation of the effective concentration of IHF in the cell

C Murtin, M Engelhorn, J Geiselmann… - Journal of molecular …, 1998 - Elsevier
The integration host factor (IHF) of Escherichia coli is a major nucleoid-associated protein
that binds to specific sites on DNA. Using gel retardation and competition experiments we …

Expression of the genes coding for the Escherichia coli integration host factor are controlled by growth phase, rpoS, ppGpp and by autoregulation

M Aviv, H Giladi, G Schreiber… - Molecular …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Transcriptional control of the himA and the himD/hip genes coding for the two subunits of the
integration host factor (IHF) was investigated. The promoters for the two genes were …

[PDF][PDF] Physical map locations of the himA and hip genes of Escherichia coli

I Mendelson, H Haluzi, S Koby… - Journal of …, 1991 - Am Soc Microbiol
The Escherichia coli integration host factor is composed of two nonidentical subunits,
encoded by the himA and hip genes, respectively, which map genetically on the E. coli …

[HTML][HTML] Decreased imino proton exchange and base-pair opening in the IHF-DNA complex measured by NMR

GM Dhavan, J Lapham, S Yang, DM Crothers - Journal of molecular biology, 1999 - Elsevier
Integration Host Factor, IHF, is an E. coli DNA binding protein that imposes a substantial
bend on DNA. Previous footprinting studies and bending assays have characterized several …

HU and IHF, two homologous histone‐like proteins of Escherichia coli, form different protein‐DNA complexes with short DNA fragments.

E Bonnefoy, J Rouvière‐Yaniv - The EMBO journal, 1991 - embopress.org
Using the gel retardation technique we have studied the protein‐DNA complexes formed
between HU–the major histone‐like protein of Escherichia coli–and short DNA fragments …

Specific photocrosslinking of DNA-protein complexes: identification of contacts between integration host factor and its target DNA.

SW Yang, HA Nash - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 1994 - National Acad Sciences
Azide moieties have been specifically placed in the backbone of DNA by chemical coupling
between azidophenacyl bromide and uniquely positioned phosphorothioate residues. The …

Mutants of Escherichia coli integration host factor: DNA-binding and recombination properties

LM Hales, RI Gumport, JF Gardner - Biochimie, 1994 - Elsevier
Integration host factor (IHF) is a protein encoded by Escherichia coli which was first
discovered as a requirement for bacteriophage λ site-specific recombination. In this study …