Regions of the Escherichia coli primary sigma factor σ70 that are involved in interaction with RNA polymerase core enzyme

Genes to Cells

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 725-734

  Nagai, Hiroki ^a   Shimamoto, Nobuo ^a   Ishihama, Akira ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 70; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PEPTIDE MAPPING; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING;

BINDING SITES; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 0031303334     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2443.1997.1600357.x     Document Type: Article

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