Functionality of purified σ(N) (σ54) and a NifA-like protein from the hyperthermophile Aquifex aeolicus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1616-1623

  Studholme, David J ^a   Wigneshwereraraj, Siva R ^a   Gallegos, Maria Trinidad ^a   Buck, Martin ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITROGENASE; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; HOLOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0034050766     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.6.1616-1623.2000     Document Type: Article

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