Plasmid protein TubR uses a distinct mode of HTH-DNA binding and recruits the prokaryotic tubulin homolog TubZ to effect DNA partition.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on June 04, 2010

Authors

Lisheng Ni1, Weijun Xu, Muthiah Kumaraswami, Maria A Schumacher

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 1000, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

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