Specificity crosstalk among group 1 and group 2 sigma factors in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC7942: In vitro specificity and a phylogenetic analysis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 473-484

  Goto Seki, Asako ^a   Shirokane, Masao ^a   Masuda, Susumu ^a   Tanaka, Kan ^a   Takahashi, Hideo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 0032756244     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01608.x     Document Type: Article

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