Deletion of the gene rpoZ, encoding the ω subunit of RNA polymerase, in Mycobacterium smegmatis results in fragmentation of the β′ subunit in the enzyme assembly

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 6565-6570

  Mathew, Renjith ^a   Ramakanth, Madhugiri ^b   Chatterji, Dipankar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; RPOZ GENE;

DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE DELETION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 24944493237     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.18.6565-6570.2005     Document Type: Article

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