Activation of prokaryotic transcription through arbitrary protein- protein contacts

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6625, 1997, Pages 627-630

  Dove, Simon L ^b   Joung, J Keith ^a,b   Hochschild, Ann ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); VIRAL PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030907304     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386627a0     Document Type: Article

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