In vitro recruitment of the RfaH regulatory protein into a specialised transcription complex, directed by the nucleic acid ops element

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 262, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1052-1059

  Bailey, M J A ^a,b   Hughes, C ^a   Koronakis, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ops; RfaH; RNA polymerase transcription elongation; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL FILTRATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033956695     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008648     Document Type: Article

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