Fine structure of the promoter-σ region 1.2 interaction

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3292-3297

  Haugen, Shanil P ^a   Ross, Wilma ^a   Manrique, Michele ^a   Gourse, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

10 element; Discriminator region; Promoter element; RNA polymerase; Transcription initiation

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CROSS LINKING; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 42149193669     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0709513105     Document Type: Article

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