Threonine 429 of Escherichia coli σ70 is a Key Participant in Promoter DNA Melting by RNA Polymerase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 376, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 153-165

  Schroeder, Lisa A ^a   Karpen, Mary E ^b   deHaseth, Pieter L ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

promoter; RNA polymerase; sigma factor; strand separation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID; AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; RNA POLYMERASE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA BINDING; DNA DENATURATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 38049042264     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.11.070     Document Type: Article

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