The bacteriophage T4 inhibitor and coactivator AsiA inhibits Escherichia coli RNA polymerase more rapidly in the absence of σ70 region 1.1: Evidence that region 1.1 stabilizes the interaction between σ70 and core

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1279-1285

  Hinton, Deborah M ^a   Vuthoori, Srilatha ^a,b   Mulamba, Rebecca ^a,c  

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

^b REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HOLOENZYME; PROTEIN ASIA; PROTEIN MOTA; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 32444449200     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.4.1279-1285.2006     Document Type: Article

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