The bacterial enhancer-dependent σ54 (σ(N)) transcription factor

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 4129-4136

  Buck, Martin ^a   Gallegos, María Trinidad ^a,c   Studholme, David J ^a   Guo, Yuli ^b   Gralla, Jay D ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BINDING PROTEIN; HOLOENZYME; NITROGEN; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIUM; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; HEPARIN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033912262     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.15.4129-4136.2000     Document Type: Short Survey

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