The ClpX protein of Bacillus subtilis indirectly influences RNA polymerase holoenzyme composition and directly stimulates σ(H)-dependent transcription

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 885-897

  Liu, Jiajian ^a,b   Zuber, Peter ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HOLOENZYME; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MUTATION; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0033866677     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02053.x     Document Type: Article

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