Polyphosphate binds to the principal sigma factor of RNA polymerase during starvation response in Helicobacter pylori

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 618-627

  Yang, Zhao Xu ^a,b   Zhou, Yan Ning ^a   Yang, Yi ^a,c   Jin, Ding Jun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPHOSPHATE; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 70;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STARVATION; STRESS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYPHOSPHATES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 77954846631     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07233.x     Document Type: Article

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