Functional analysis of the Helicobacter pylori principal sigma subunit of RNA polymerase reveals that the spacer region is important for efficient transcription

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 121-134

  Beier, Dagmar ^a,b   Spohn, Gunther ^a   Rappuoli, Rino ^a   Scarlato, Vincenzo ^a  

^a CHIRON VACCINES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOLOENZYMES; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LAC OPERON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031696507     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01043.x     Document Type: Article

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