Utilization of variably spaced promoter-like elements by the bacterial RNA polymerase holoenzyme during early elongation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 607-622

  Devi, Pukhrambam Grihanjali ^a   Campbell, Elizabeth A ^b   Darst, Seth A ^b   Nickels, Bryce E ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HOLOENZYME; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; HOLOENZYMES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, BACTERIAL; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 75149149382     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.07021.x     Document Type: Article

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