Stringent promoter recognition and autoregulation by the group 3 σ-factor SigF in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 5297-5305

  Asayama, Munehiko ^a   Imamura, Sousuke ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FRAGELLIN; GUANINE; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; PHYTOCHROME; PROTEIN PILA1; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR RPOD; SIGMA FACTOR RPOF; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTAXIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

5' FLANKING REGION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; HOMEOSTASIS; MUTAGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGMA FACTOR; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 52649173349     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn453     Document Type: Article

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