Identification of an N-terminal region of sigma 54 required for enhancer responsiveness

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 5619-5625

  Syed, Adeela ^a   Gralla, Jay D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0031740419     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.21.5619-5625.1998     Document Type: Article

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