Positioning of region 4 of the Escherichia coli RNA polymerase σ70 subunit by a transcription activator

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2982-2984

  Bown, Jonathan A ^a   Kolb, Annie ^b   Meares, Claude F ^c   Ishihama, Akira ^d   Minchin, Stephen D ^a   Busby, Stephen J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034098123     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.10.2982-2984.2000     Document Type: Article

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