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H-NS complex

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A multimer of H-NS proteins that is involved in bacterial nucleoid condensation and negative regulation of global gene expression by directly binding to promoter regions. Recognizes both structural and sequence-specific motifs in double-stranded DNA and has binding preference for bent DNA. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12592399 ]

Term info

Label

H-NS complex

Synonyms
  • DNA-binding protein H-NS complex
  • histone-like protein H-NS complex
creation date

2013-06-12T10:08:31Z

has obo namespace

cellular_component

id

GO:1990121