Positioning of σ(S), the stationary phase σ factor, in Escherichia coli RNA polymerase-promoter open complexes

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 4049-4059

  Colland, Frédéric ^a   Fujita, Nobuyuki ^b   Kotlarz, Denise ^a   Bown, Jonathan A ^c   Meares, Claude F ^d   Ishihama, Akira ^b   Kolb, Annie ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA cleavage; FeBABE; RNA polymerase; Stationary phase

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; NUCLEASE; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; EDETIC ACID; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; HOLOENZYMES; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 0033565797     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.14.4049     Document Type: Article

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