E. coli SSB activates N4 virion RNA polymerase promoters by stabilizing a DNA hairpin required for promoter recognition

Cell

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 147-154

  Glucksmann Kuis, M Alexandra ^b   Dai, Xing ^a   Markiewicz, Peter ^c   Rothman Denes, Lucia B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^c Kaleidospace   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA TEMPLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; VIRION;

EID: 0030031215     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81001-6     Document Type: Article

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