Studies of the Escherichia coli Rsd-σ70 complex

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 335, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 685-692

  Westblade, Lars F ^a,d   Ilag, Leopold L ^b   Powell, Andrew K ^a   Kolb, Annie ^c   Robinson, Carol V ^b   Busby, Stephen J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti factors; Escherichia coli; RNAP, RNA polymerase; Stoichiometry; Transcription initiation; factors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; RSD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 70; RSD PROTEIN, E COLI; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RNA BINDING; STOICHIOMETRY; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BINDING SITES; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 1242345624     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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