Identification of a contact site for different transcription activators in region 4 of the Escherichia coli RNA polymerase σ70 subunit

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 284, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1353-1365

  Lonetto, Michael A ^a,d   Rhodius, Virgil ^b   Lamberg, Karin ^c   Kiley, Patricia ^c   Busby, Stephen ^b   Gross, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Promoters; RNA polymerase 70 subunit; Transcription activation; Transcription activators

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CYTARABINE; ISOMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032545186     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2268     Document Type: Article

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