Axiom of determining transcription start points by RNA polymerase in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 692-701

  Lewis, Dale E A ^a   Adhya, Sankar ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP; PURINE; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA TEMPLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE REPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 7644239573     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04318.x     Document Type: Article

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