Effect of reversed orientation and length of An·Tn DNA bending sequences in the -35 and spacer domains of a consensus-like Escherichia coli promoter on its strength in vivo and gross structure of the open complex in vitro

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 265-280

  Łoziński, Tomasz ^a   Wierzchowski, Kazimierz L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Consensus like E. coli promoter; DNA curvature; E. coli RNA polymerase; Gel shift assay; Promoter DNA bending; Promoter strength

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL DNA; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029689388     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.1996_4560     Document Type: Article

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