Region 2.5 of the Escherichia coli RNA polymerase σ70 subunit is responsible for the recognition of the 'extended -10' motif at promoters

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 4034-4040

  Barne, Kerry A ^a   Bown, Jon A ^a   Busby, Stephen J W ^a   Minchin, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Promoter recognition; RNA polymerase; Sigma subunits; Transcription initiation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 0030965301     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.13.4034     Document Type: Article

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