The interface of σ with core RNA polymerase is extensive, conserved, and functionally specialized

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3015-3026

  Sharp, Meghan M ^a   Chan, Cathleen L ^a   Lu, Chi Zen ^a   Marr, Michael T ^b   Nechaev, Sergei ^c   Merritt, Ernest W ^d   Severinov, Konstantin ^c   Roberts, Jeffrey W ^b   Gross, Carol A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PROCTER AND GAMBLE PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

factor; Core; Initiation; Pausing; RNA polymerase; Transcription

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE I; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032735991     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.22.3015     Document Type: Article

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