The - 11A of promoter DNA and two conserved amino acids in the melting region of σ70 both directly affect the rate limiting step in formation of the stable RNA polymerase-promoter complex, but they do not necessarily interact

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4141-4153

  Schroeder, Lisa A ^a   Choi, Ae Jin ^a   deHaseth, Pieter L ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; RNA POLYMERASE; DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; HEPARIN; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 70; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA STRAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DNA TEMPLATE; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DNA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; HEPARIN; KINETICS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 34547640998     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm431     Document Type: Article

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