The core-independent promoter-specific interaction of primary sigma factor

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 913-925

  Yeh, Hsin Yi ^a   Chen, Tsung Ching ^a   Liou, Kung Ming ^a   Hsu, Hsiu Ting ^a   Chung, Kuei Min ^a   Hsu, Li Ling ^a   Chang, Ban Yang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; DNA; GLYCINE; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 79951568994     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq911     Document Type: Article

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