Involvement of the σ(N) DNA-binding domain in open complex formation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 873-885

  Oguiza, José A ^a,b   Gallegos, Maria Trinidad ^a   Chaney, Matthew K ^a   Cannon, Wendy V ^a   Buck, Martin ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIMETHYL SULFATE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; HETERODUPLEX; NUCLEASE S1; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR RPON; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BINDING SITE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA TEMPLATE; GENETICS; MUTATION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANSACTIVATION;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

ASPERGILLUS NUCLEASE S1; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032588477     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01542.x     Document Type: Article

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