Genetic evidence for pre-recruitment as the mechanism of transcription activation by SoxS of Escherichia coli: The dominance of DNA binding mutations of SoxS

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 344, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Griffith, Kevin L ^a   Wolf Jr , Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA scanning; gene regulation; recruitment; SoxRS regulon; superoxide

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; SUPEROXIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOXS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WILD TYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 4744338150     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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