Mechanisms for activating bacterial RNA polymerase

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 611-627

  Ghosh, Tamaswati ^a   Bose, Daniel ^a   Zhang, Xiaodong ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bEBP; gene activation; RNAP; structure

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HOLOENZYME; RNA POLYMERASE;

COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HOLOENZYMES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77955128598     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2010.00239.x     Document Type: Review

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