Lineage-specific amino acid substitutions in region 2 of the RNA polymerase σ subunit affect the temperature of promoter opening

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3088-3092

  Barinova, N ^a   Zhilina, E ^a   Bass, I ^a   Nikiforov, V ^a,b   Kulbachinskiy, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; RNA POLYMERASE II;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DEINOCOCCUS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR; TEMPERATURE; THERMUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 41949108405     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00008-08     Document Type: Article

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