A fork junction DNA-protein switch that controls promoter melting by the bacterial enhancer-dependent sigma factor

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 3736-3745

  Guo, Yuli ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Gralla, Jay D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA fork junction; Enhancer; Promoter opening; Sigma 54; Transcriptional initiation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA DENATURATION; ENHANCER REGION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

BASE PAIRING; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOLOENZYMES; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033168678     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.13.3736     Document Type: Article

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