A surface of Escherichia coli σ70 required for promoter function and antitermination by phage λ Q protein

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 3276-3285

  Ko, Dennis C ^a,b   Marr, Michael T ^a   Guo, Jingshu ^a   Roberts, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitermination; Promoter; factor

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR; RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032532456     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.20.3276     Document Type: Article

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