Regulation of RNA polymerase sigma subunit synthesis in Escherichia coli: Intracellular levels of four species of sigma subunit under various growth conditions

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 5447-5451

  Jishage, Miki ^a   Iwata, Akira ^b   Ueda, Susumu ^b   Ishihama, Akira ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b NIPPON INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL GROWTH; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SWITCHING; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FAMILY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029810991     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.18.5447-5451.1996     Document Type: Article

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