Role of the RNA polymerase α subunits in CII-dependent activation of the bacteriophage λ pE promoter: Identification of important residues and positioning of the α C-terminal domains

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 834-841

  Kedzierska, Barbara ^a   Lee, David J ^b   Wegrzyn, Grzegorz ^a,c   Busby, Stephen J W ^b   Thomas, Mark S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA CLEAVAGE; ENZYME BINDING; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ALANINE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LYSOGENY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA;

EID: 1342327607     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh230     Document Type: Article

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