Characterization of pre-transcription complexes made at a bacteriophage T4 middle promoter: Involvement of the T4 MotA activator and the T4 AsiA protein, a σ70 binding protein, in the formation of the open complex

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 235-248

  Hinton, Deborah M ^a   March Amegadzie, Roslyn ^a,b   Gerber, Jeffrey S ^a   Sharma, Mridula ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b Aquaculture Research and Education Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; AsiA; Bacteriophage; MotA; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BINDING SITE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0029865820     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0082     Document Type: Article

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