Promoter selectivity of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase σ(F) holoenzyme involved in transcription of flagellar and chemotaxis genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 4264-4269

  Kundu, Tapas Kumar ^a   Kusano, Shuichi ^a,b   Ishihama, Akira ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; GLUTAMIC ACID; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DNA BINDING; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0030842026     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.13.4264-4269.1997     Document Type: Article

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