The σ70 subunit of RNA polymerase mediates a promoter-proximal pause at the lac promoter

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 544-550

  Nickels, Bryce E ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Jayanta ^b   Garrity, Sean J ^a   Ebright, Richard H ^b   Hochschild, Ann ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; PROTEIN PLAC; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA70; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOPHYSICS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBUNIT; LACTOSE OPERON; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PAUSE INDUCING SEQUENCE ELEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; LAC OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA;

EID: 2542498681     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb757     Document Type: Article

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