The histone-like protein HU does not obstruct movement of T7 RNA polymerase in Escherichia coli cells but stimulates its activity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1565-1570

  Morales, Pilar ^a   Rouviere Yaniv, Josette ^a   Dreyfus, Marc ^a  

^a INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NAKED DNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LACTOSE OPERON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA STABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

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

EID: 0036189578     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.6.1565-1570.2002     Document Type: Article

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