Binding affinity of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase.σ54 holoenzyme for the glnAp2, nifH and nifL promoters

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 4094-4101

  Vogel, Sabine K ^a   Schulz, Alexandra ^a,c   Rippe, Karsten ^a,b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HOLOENZYME; RHODAMINE; RNA POLYMERASE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL LABELING; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ENHANCER REGION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STANDARD; TITRIMETRY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; HOLOENZYMES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POTASSIUM ACETATE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037106542     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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