Determinants of the C-terminal domain of the Escherichia coli RNA polymerase α subunit important for transcription at class I cyclic AMP receptor protein-dependent promoters

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2273-2280

  Savery, Nigel J ^a   Lloyd, Georgina S ^a   Busby, Stephen J W ^a   Thomas, Mark S ^a   Ebright, Richard H ^a   Gourse, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036206935     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.8.2273-2280.2002     Document Type: Article

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