RNA polymerase mutants that destabilize RNA polymerase-promoter complexes alter NTP-sensing by rrn P1 promoters

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 279, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 331-345

  Bartlett, Michael S ^a   Gaal, Tamas ^a   Ross, Wilma ^a   Gourse, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth rate regulation; Initiating NTP; ppGpp; RNA polymerase; rRNA transcription

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032486142     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1779     Document Type: Article

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