The amino terminus of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium σ54 is required for interactions with an enhancer-binding protein and binding to fork junction DNA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 513-517

  Kelly, Mary T ^a   Hoover, Timothy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CROSS LINKING; DNA PROBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGMA FACTOR; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033988987     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.2.513-517.2000     Document Type: Article

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