Replacement of vegetative σ(A) by sporulation-specific σ(F) as a component of the RNA polymerase holoenzyme in sporulating Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2346-2350

  Lord, Matthew ^a,b   Barillà, Daniela ^a,c   Yudkin, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; FLIA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; HOLOENZYME; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA A;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING AFFINITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; BACTERIAL SPORE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; HOLOENZYMES; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0032587946     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.8.2346-2350.1999     Document Type: Article

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