Analysis of interactions between activating region 1 of Escherichia coli FNR protein and the C-terminal domain of the RNA polymerase α subunit: Use of alanine scanning and suppression genetics

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1032-1040

  Lee, David J ^a   Wing, Helen J ^a,b   Savery, Nigel J ^b   Busby, Stephen J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ALANINE; ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033822626     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02086.x     Document Type: Article

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