A highly conserved 6S RNA structure is required for regulation of transcription

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 313-319

  Trotochaud, Amy E ^a   Wassarman, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; RNA; RNA 6S; RNA POLYMERASE; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL RNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, BACTERIAL; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 18344371528     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb917     Document Type: Article

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