Sigma competition: The contest between bacteriophage T4 middle and late transcription

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 291, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 267-281

  Kolesky, Scott ^a   Ouhammouch, Mohamed ^a   Brody, Edward N ^b   Geiduschek, E Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti sigma; Bacteriophage T4; Holoenzyme competition; Sliding clamps; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; T4 BACTERIOPHAGE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032799133     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2953     Document Type: Article

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