Bacterial promoter architecture: Subsite structure of UP elements and interactions with the carboxy-terminal domain of the RNA polymerase α subunit

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2134-2147

  Estrem, Shawn T ^a   Ross, Wilma ^a   Gaal, Tamas ^a   Chen, Z W Susan ^a   Niu, Wei ^b   Ebright, Richard H ^b   Gourse, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Promoter; RNA polymerase; Transcription initiation; UP element; subunit

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033567215     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.16.2134     Document Type: Article

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