A σ-core interaction of the RNA polymerase holoenzyme that enhances promoter escape

EMBO Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1579-1590

  Leibman, Mark ^a   Hochschild, Ann ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Q; 70; Promoter escape; RNA polymerase; Transcription pausing

Indexed keywords

HOLOENZYME; RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC VECTORS; HOLOENZYMES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33947589196     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601612     Document Type: Article

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