The promoter spacer influences transcription initiation via σ70 region 1.1 of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 737-742

  Hook Barnard, India G ^a   Hinton, Deborah M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; SPACER DNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CHANNEL GATING; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PYRONIA TITHONUS;

EID: 58849125430     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0808133106     Document Type: Article

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