Starvation Response In Mycobacterium Smegmatis : A Tale Of Two Proteins

The Dps (DNA-Binding Protein from Starved Cells) proteins are a class of stress-specific proteins with a major role in protecting DNA during the stationary phase of bacterial growth, through direct physical binding as well as ferroxidation. These proteins are characteristically dodecameric in natur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Saraswathi, Ramachandran
Other Authors: Chatterji, Dipankar
Language:en_US
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Dps
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2005/918