The bacterial chromosomal DNA is folded into a compact structure called nucleoid. The
shape and size of this 'body'is determined by a number of factors. Major players are DNA …

Histone-like proteins in bacteria contribute to the control of gene expression, as well as
participating in other DNA transactions such as recombination and DNA replication. They …

The bacterial nucleoid-associated protein Fis regulates diverse reactions by bending DNA
and through DNA-dependent interactions with other control proteins and enzymes. In …

We determined the genome-wide distribution of the nucleoid-associated protein Fis in
Escherichia coli using chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled with high-resolution whole …

Abstract Information theory was used to build a promoter model that accounts for the− 10,
the− 35 and the uncertainty of the gap between them on a common scale. Helical face …

The multistep kinetics through which DNA-binding proteins bind their targets are heavily
studied, but relatively little attention has been paid to proteins leaving the double helix …

Mobile group II introns have been used to develop a novel class of gene targeting vectors,
targetrons, which employ base pairing for DNA target recognition and can thus be …

The Escherichia coli chromatin protein FIS modulates the topology of DNA in a growth
phase-dependent manner. In this study we have investigated the global effect of FIS binding …

Mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) is an abundant mitochondrial protein of the HMG
superfamily, with various putative roles in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) metabolism. In this …

Fis, the most abundant DNA-binding protein in Escherichia coli during rapid growth, has
been suspected to play an important role in defining nucleoid structure. Using bulk-phase …