Region 1.2 of the RNA polymerase σ subunit controls recognition of the -10 promoter element

EMBO Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 955-964

  Zenkin, Nikolay ^a,b   Kulbachinskiy, Andrey ^a   Yuzenkova, Yuliya ^b   Mustaev, Arkady ^c   Bass, Irina ^a   Severinov, Konstantin ^a,b   Brodolin, Konstantin ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde crosslinking; Promoter melting; RNA polymerase; Sigma70 region 1.2; Transcription pausing

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ELONGATION FACTOR; HOLOENZYME; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33847243639     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601555     Document Type: Article

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