Interaction of T4 AsiA with its target sites in the RNA polymerase σ70 subunit leads to distinct and opposite effects on transcription

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 326, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 679-690

  Minakhin, Leonid ^a   Niedziela Majka, Anita ^b,e   Kuznedelov, Konstantin ^a,f   Adelman, Karen ^c   Urbauer, Jeffrey L ^d   Heyduk, Tomasz ^b   Severinov, Konstantin ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^f LIMNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Antisigma AsiA; Bacteriophage T4; CBD, chitin binding domain; FRET, fluorescence resonance energy transfer; Transcription activation; Transcription inhibition

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOLOENZYME; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0037459112     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)01442-0     Document Type: Article

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