Core-sigma interaction: Probing the interaction of the bacteriophage T4 gene 55 promoter recognition protein with E.Coli RNA polymerase core

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1467-1475

  Léonetti, Jean Paul ^b   Wong, Kevin ^a   Geiduschek, E Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage T4 late genes; RNA polymerase; Sigma proteins; T4 gp55; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SYNTHESIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; T4 BACTERIOPHAGE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0037897262     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.5.1467     Document Type: Article

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