Isomerization of a binary sigma-promoter DNA complex by transcription activators

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 594-601

  Cannon, Wendy V ^a   Gallegos, Mari Trini ^b   Buck, Martin ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROLYSIS; ISOMERISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENES, BACTERIAL; HOLOENZYMES; HYDROLYSIS; ISOMERISM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; NUCLEOTIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033938884     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/76830     Document Type: Article

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