Remodeling of the σ70 subunit non-template DNA strand contacts during the final step of transcription initiation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 350, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 930-937

  Brodolin, Konstantin ^a,c   Zenkin, Nikolay ^b   Severinov, Konstantin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

Author keywords

Cross linking; Promoter melting; Sigma subunit; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; NUCLEOTIDE; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 70; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA CROSS LINKING; DNA HELIX; DNA STRAND; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOTIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 21744445244     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.05.048     Document Type: Article

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