An RNA polymerase α subunit mutant impairs N-dependent transcriptional antitermination in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-222

  Obuchowski, Michał ^a   Wȩgrzyn, Alicja ^b   Szalewska Pałasz, Agnieszka ^a   Thomas, Mark S ^c   Wȩgrzyn, Grzegorz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031032295     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2101576.x     Document Type: Article

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