Mechanism of transcriptional activation by FIS: Role of core promoter structure and DNA topology

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 331, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 331-344

  Auner, Helge ^a   Buckle, Malcolm ^b   Deufel, Annette ^a   Kutateladze, Tamara ^c   Lazarus, Linda ^d   Mavathur, Ramesh ^e   Muskhelishvili, Georgi ^a,e   Pemberton, Iain ^b   Schneider, Robert ^a   Travers, Andrew ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Georgia)

^d MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA supercoiling; FIS; Promoter structure; Transcription activation

Indexed keywords

DNA; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WILD TYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0041848580     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00727-7     Document Type: Article

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