An altered-specificity DNA-binding mutant of Escherichia coli σ70 facilitates the analysis of σ70 function in vivo

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1208-1219

  Gregory, Brian D ^a   Nickels, Bryce E ^a   Darst, Seth A ^b   Hochschild, Ann ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ANTISIGMA FACTOR ASIA; ARGININE; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 70; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 19944381886     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04624.x     Document Type: Article

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