Specificity in transcriptional regulation in the absence of specific DNA binding sites: The case of T7 lysozyme

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 281, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 793-802

  Villemain, Jana ^a   Sousa, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinetics of transcription; T7 lysozyme; T7 RNA polymerase; Transcription; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

DNA; LYSOZYME; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032483398     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1989     Document Type: Article

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