Effect of mutations in the 'Extended-10' motif of three Bacillus subtilis σA-RNA polymerase-dependent promoters

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 286, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 683-693

  Camacho, Ana ^a   Salas, Margarita ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Bacteriophage 29; Extended 10 motif; Promoters; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME BINDING; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033605316     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2526     Document Type: Article

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