ABSTRACT IHF is a protein of the bacterial nucleoid proteins (NAPs for nucleoid-associated
proteins) involved in DNA structuring and transcription regulation. In vivo interplay between …

The histone-like nucleoid-structuring (H-NS) protein binds to horizontally acquired genes in
the bacterium Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, silencing their expression. We now …

Nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs) are chromosome-organizing factors, which affect the
transcriptional landscape of a bacterial cell. HU is an NAP, which binds to DNA with a broad …

Bacterial nucleoid-associated proteins play a key role in the organisation, replication,
segregation, repair and expression of bacterial chromosomes. Here, we review some recent …

The Escherichia coli hns gene encodes the abundant nucleoid-associated DNA-binding
protein H-NS. Mutations in hns alter the expression of many genes with unrelated functions …

The extent to which chromosomal gene position in prokaryotes affects local gene expression
remains an open question. Several studies have shown that chromosomal re-positioning of …

Nucleoid-associated proteins belong to a group of small but abundant proteins in bacterial
cells. These transcription regulators are responsible for many important cellular processes …

The H‐NS protein is a major constituent of the Escherichia coli nucleoid structure and is
implicated in the compact organization of the chromosome. Based on recent genetic …

The dimeric histone-like protein HU, one of the most abundant DNA binding proteins
ofEscherichia coli, is encoded by two closely related but unlinked genes, hupAandhupB …

Bacterial DNA is organised in a compact nucleoid body that is tightly associated with the
coupled transcription and translation of mRNAs. This structure contains abundant DNA …