A Temperature-Induced Narrow DNA Curvature Range Sustains the Maximum Activity of a Bacterial Promoter in Vitro

Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2778-2785

  Prosseda, Gianni ^a   Mazzola, Alessia ^a,b   Di Martino, Maria Letizia ^a   Tielker, Denis ^a,c   Micheli, Gioacchino ^a   Colonna, Bianca ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; TRANSCRIPTION;

BACTERIAL PROMOTERS; FLUORESCENCE MOLECULAR; PROMOTER ACTIVITIES; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT EXPRESSIONS; TEMPERATURE-INDUCED; THERMOSENSITIVITIES; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVITY; TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROGRAM;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION;

CURVED DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPORTER GENE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOREGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77950396900     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi902003g     Document Type: Article

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