Two extracytoplasmic function sigma subunits, σ(E) and σ(FecI) of Escherichia coli: Promoter selectivity and intracellular levels

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1181-1184

  Maeda, Hiroto ^a,b   Jishage, Miki ^a   Nomura, Tasuku ^a   Fujita, Nobuyuki ^a   Ishihama, Akira ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOLOENZYME; IRON; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOPLASM; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLUTAMATES; HOLOENZYMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033985495     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.4.1181-1184.2000     Document Type: Article

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