TraR, a homolog of a RNAP secondary channel interactor, modulates transcription

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Blankschien, Matthew D ^a   Potrykus, Katarzyna ^b   Grace, Elicia ^a   Choudhary, Abha ^a   Vinella, Daniel ^b   Cashel, Michael ^b   Herman, Christophe ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN DKSA; PROTEIN PPGPP; PROTEIN TRAR; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL RNA; DKSA PROTEIN, E COLI; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRAR PROTEIN, E COLI;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME KINETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UPREGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RNA, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 59249092262     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000345     Document Type: Article

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