A two-subunit bacterial σ-factor activates transcription in Bacillus subtilis

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

Volumn 106, Issue 50, 2009, Pages 21323-21328

  MacLellan, Shawn R ^a   Guariglia Oropeza, Veronica ^a   Gaballa, Ahmed ^a   Helmann, John D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Initiation; Open complex; Promoter; RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

CORE BINDING FACTOR; DNA; ELEMENT; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BETA CHAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DENATURATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 75849150494     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0910006106     Document Type: Article

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