Transcription activation by a variety of AraC/XylS family activators does not depend on the class II-specific activation determinant in the N-terminal domain of the RNA polymerase alpha subunit

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 7075-7077

  Egan, S M ^a   Pease, A J ^a   Lang, J ^a   Li, X ^a   Rao, V ^a   Gillette, W K ^a   Ruiz, R ^a   Ramos, J L ^a   Wolf R E , Jr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAC PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR XYLS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENETIC SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSACTIVATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTARABINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034461478     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.24.7075-7077.2000     Document Type: Article

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