DNA binding of PhoB and its interaction with RNA polymerase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-26

  Makino, Kozo ^a   Amemura, Mitsuko ^a   Kawamoto, Takeshi ^a,c   Kimura, Sigenobu ^a   Shinagawa, Hideo ^a   Nakata, Atsuo ^a,d   Suzuki, Masashi ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA bending; DNA recognition; Gene regulation; Histone H5; Sigma factor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; HISTONE H5; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA HELIX; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

EID: 0029984838     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0298     Document Type: Article

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