DNA Sequences in gal Operon Override Transcription Elongation Blocks

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 382, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 843-858

  Lewis, Dale E A ^a   Komissarova, Natalia ^b   Le, Phuoc ^a   Kashlev, Mikhail ^c   Adhya, Sankar ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

backtracking; GalR; pausing; roadblock; transcription

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; GALACTOSE; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GREA; TRANSCRTIPTION FACTOR GREB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 51249094291     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.07.060     Document Type: Article

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