The RNA polymerase α subunit from Sinorhizobium meliloti can assemble with RNA polymerase subunits from Escherichia coli and function in basal and activated transcription both in vivo and in vitro

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 3808-3814

  Peck, Melicent C ^a   Gaal, Tamas ^a   Fisher, Robert F ^a   Gourse, Richard L ^a   Long, Sharon R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0036299776     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.14.3808-3814.2002     Document Type: Article

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