The bacteriophage T4 AsiA protein: A molecular switch for sigma 70-dependent promoters

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 819-829

  Colland, Frédéric ^a   Orsini, Gilbert ^b   Brody, Edward N ^b   Buc, Henri ^c   Kolb, Annie ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYL RADICAL; PROTEINASE; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ELECTROPHORESIS; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0031893965     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00729.x     Document Type: Article

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