Three sites of contact between the Bacillus subtilis transcription factor σ(F) and its antisigma factor SpoIIAB

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2348-2358

  Decatur, Amy Lynn ^a   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antisigma factor; protein protein interactions; Sigma factor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 0029763602     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.18.2348     Document Type: Article

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