Molecular anatomy of a transcription activation patch: FIS-RNA polymerase interactions at the Escherichia coli rrnB P1 promoter

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 154-162

  Bokal, Anton J ^b   Ross, Wilma ^b   Gaal, Tamas ^b   Johnson, Reid C ^a   Gourse, Richard L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

FIS; Protein protein interactions; RNA polymerase; rRNA transcription; Transcription activation

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA GENE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARGININE; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION PROTEIN; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RRNA OPERON; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031015563     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.1.154     Document Type: Article

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