Identification of promoters recognized by RNA polymerase containing Mycobacterium tuberculosis stress-response sigma factor σf

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-197

  Homerova, Dagmar ^a   Surdova, Katarina ^a   Mikusova, Katarina ^b   Kormanec, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Bacterial virulence; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Pathogenesis; Promoter; RNA polymerase; Sigma factor; Stress response

Indexed keywords

NUCLEASE S1; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR SIGMA F; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33847140504     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-006-0185-6     Document Type: Article

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