Super DksAs: Substitutions in DksA enhancing its effects on transcription initiation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1720-1731

  Blankschien, Matthew D ^a   Lee, Jeong Hyun ^b   Grace, Elicia D ^a   Lennon, Christopher W ^b   Halliday, Jennifer A ^a   Ross, Wilma ^b   Gourse, Richard L ^a   Herman, Christophe ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

DksA; PpGpp; RNA polymerase secondary channel; Stringent response; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN PPGPP; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DKSA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; DKSA PROTEIN, E COLI; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; HOLOENZYME; LEUCYL ISOLEUCYL VALINE BINDING PROTEIN, E COLI; LEUCYL-ISOLEUCYL-VALINE-BINDING PROTEIN, E COLI; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HALF LIFE TIME; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACIDS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; HALF-LIFE; HOLOENZYMES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RRNA OPERON; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 67649552968     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2009.126     Document Type: Article

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