RNA chaperone and DNA-binding protein; suppresses T4 td mutant; modulates micF stability; forms heteromers with, and stabilzed against proteolysis by, the paralogous H-NS protein; transcriptionally repressed by H-NS; 60% similar to histone-like proteins (H-NS); amino acid sequence given in first source; GenBank U07823; do not confuse with StpA saimiri transformation-associated protein
