Mutational analysis of the Bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase α C-terminal domain supports the interference model of Spx-dependent repression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4300-4311

  Zhang, Ying ^a   Nakano, Shunji ^a,b   Choi, Soon Yong ^a,c   Zuber, Peter ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Hannam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN COMA; PROTEIN SPX; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; LACZ GENE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SRF GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALLELES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 33744987695     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00220-06     Document Type: Article

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