Promoter selectivity of the Bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase σ(A) and σ(H) holoenzymes

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 89-97

  Fujita, Masaya ^a   Sadaie, Yoshito ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; RNA polymerase; Sigma factor

Indexed keywords

GUANIDINE; ISOENZYME; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING COMPETITION; CELL INCLUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; SOLUBILIZATION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031848177     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022102     Document Type: Article

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