A protein-induced DNA bend increases the specificity of a prokaryotic enhancer-binding protein

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 894-900

  Dworkin, Jonathan ^a,c   Ninfa, Alexander J ^b   Model, Peter ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Integration host factor; Transcriptional activator; Upstream activation sequence; 54 RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032521389     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.6.894     Document Type: Article

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