The -35 sequence location and the Fis-sigma factor interface determine σs selectivity of the proP (P2) promoter in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 780-796

  Typas, Athanasios ^a   Stella, Stefano ^b   Johnson, Reid C ^b   Hengge, Regine ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION; PROTEIN P2; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION PROTEIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR; SYMPORTERS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33846262416     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05560.x     Document Type: Article

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