Conversion of the ω subunit of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase into a transcriptional activator or an activation target

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 745-754

  Dove, Simon L ^a   Hochschild, Ann ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli; RNA polymerase; Transcriptional activator; Subunit

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032032533     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.5.745     Document Type: Article

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