DNA-binding determinants of sigma 54 as deduced from libraries of mutations

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1239-1245

  Guo, Yuli ^a   Gralla, Jay D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CROSS LINKING; DNA BINDING; DNA LIBRARY; GENE MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031046662     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.4.1239-1245.1997     Document Type: Article

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