Surfaces of Spo0A and RNA Polymerase Sigma Factor A That Interact at the spoIIG Promoter in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 200-206

  Kumar, Amrita ^a   Starke, Cindy Buckner ^a   DeZalia, Mark ^a   Moran Jr , Charles P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; GLUTAMINE; PROTEIN SPO0A; PROTEIN SPOIIG; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0347622749     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.1.200-206.2004     Document Type: Article

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