The importance of a proper helical structure in the promoter -10 binding region to Bacillus subtilis σ(A) structure and function

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 911-917

  Liao, Chao Tsai ^a   Wen, Yu Der ^a   Wang, Wen Horng ^a   Tsai, Shih Chang ^a   Doi, Roy H ^b   Chang, Ban Yang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Sigma factor; Structural stability; Temperature sensitivity; Transcription activity; helix

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HELIX; DNA STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; SUPPRESSOR GENE; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

EID: 0030828085     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021852     Document Type: Article

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