Remodeling and activation of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase by osmolytes

Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 50, 2008, Pages 13189-13196

  Gralla, Jay D ^a   Huo, Yi Xin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLYMERS; RNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ELECTROSTATIC PROPERTIES; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACTS; GLOBAL CHANGES; HOFMEISTER SERIES; IN VITRO; OSMOLALITY; OSMOLYTE; OSMOLYTES; OSMOTIC ACTIVATIONS; OSMOTIC SHOCKS; PROTEIN CONFORMATIONS; PROTEIN RECEPTORS; RNA POLYMERASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS; SIGNALING MOLECULES; STRESS PROTEINS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

GLUTAMIC ACID; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; ION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OSMOLYTE; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; ELECTRICITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; NATURAL HOST; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RIBOSOME;

DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 57649114079     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi801075x     Document Type: Article

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