Transcriptional takeover by σ appropriation: Remodelling of the σ70 subunit of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase by the bacteriophage T4 activator MotA and co-activator AsiA

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1729-1740

  Hinton, Deborah M ^f   Pande, Suchira ^a,f   Wais, Neelowfar ^b,f   Johnson, Xanthia B ^c,f   Vuthoori, Madhavi ^d,f   Makela, Anna ^e,f   Hook Barnard, India ^f  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Trinity Washington University   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN ASIA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MOTA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 21344439607     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27972-0     Document Type: Review

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