The σ70 family of sigma factors

Genome Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Paget, Mark S B ^a   Helmann, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; HOLOENZYME; IRON; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 70;

BASE PAIRING; DNA STRAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; IRON TRANSPORT; LINEAR SYSTEM; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; BACTERIAL GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0037261948     PISSN: 14656906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2003-4-1-203     Document Type: Review

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