Eubacterial sigma-factors

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 127-150

  Wosten M M S M ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eubacteria; Promoter consensus sequence; Sigma factor; Transcription initiation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUBACTERIUM; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0039820099     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(98)00011-4     Document Type: Article

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