Archaeal RNA polymerase subunits e and F are not required for transcription in vitro, but a thermococcus kodakarensis mutant lacking subunit F is temperature-sensitive

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 623-633

  Hirata, Akira ^a   Kanai, Tamotsu ^b   Santangelo, Thomas J ^c   Tajiri, Momoko ^a   Manabe, Kenji ^b   Reeve, John N ^c   Imanaka, Tadayuki ^b   Murakami, Katsuhiko S ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DENSITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOCOCCUS; WILD TYPE;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE DELETION; HOT TEMPERATURE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; SIGMA FACTOR; THERMOCOCCUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; THERMOCOCCUS KODAKARENSIS;

EID: 53849145660     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06430.x     Document Type: Article

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