Properties of Bacillus subtilis σA Factors with Region 1. 1 and the Conserved Arg-103 at the N Terminus of Region 1.2 Deleted

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2366-2375

  Hsu, Hsin Hsien ^a   Huang, Wei Cheng ^a   Chen, Jia Perng ^a   Huang, Liang Yin ^a   Wu, Chai Fong ^a   Chang, Ban Yang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; DNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA BINDING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGININE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 1842611104     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.8.2366-2375.2004     Document Type: Article

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