Active recruitment of σ54-RNA polymerase to the Pu promoter of Pseudomonas putida: Role of IHF and αCTD

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 5120-5128

  Bertoni, Giovanni ^a   Fujita, Nobuyuki ^b   Ishihama, Akira ^b   De Lorenzo, Victor ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

CTD; 54; IHF; NtrC family; Pseudomonas; TOL; XylR

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DNA; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; RNA POLYMERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR, PSEUDOMONAS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR RPON;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONFORMATION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 0032164070     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.17.5120     Document Type: Article

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