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Journal of Bacteriology, March 2005, p. 1845-1848, Vol. 187, No. 5
0021-9193/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.187.5.1845-1848.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

DNA Bridging: a Property Shared among H-NS-Like Proteins

Remus T. Dame,1* Martijn S. Luijsterburg,1,{dagger} Evelyne Krin,2 Philippe N. Bertin,3 Rolf Wagner,4 and Gijs J. L. Wuite1

Physics of Complex Systems, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands,1 Unité de Genetique des Genomes Bacteriens, Institut Pasteur, Paris,2 Laboratoire de Dynamique, Evolution et Expression de Génomes de Microorganismes, FRE2326, Université Louis Pasteur/CNRS, Strasbourg, France,3 Institut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany4

Received 14 September 2004/ Accepted 29 November 2004

The nucleoid-associated protein H-NS is thought to play an essential role in the organization of bacterial chromatin in Escherichia coli. Homologues, often with very low sequence identity, are found in most gram-negative bacteria. Microscopic analysis reveals that, despite limited sequence identity, their structural organization results in similar DNA binding properties.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Physics of Complex Systems, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1081, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Phone: 31-20-598 7838. Fax: 31-20-598 7991. E-mail:rtdame{at}nat.vu.nl.

{dagger} Present address: Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Journal of Bacteriology, March 2005, p. 1845-1848, Vol. 187, No. 5
0021-9193/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.187.5.1845-1848.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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