Genetic evidence for a novel interaction between transcriptional activator SoxS and region 4 of the σ70 subunit of RNA polymerase at class II SoxS-dependent promoters in escherichia coli

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 407, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 333-353

  Zafar, M Ammar ^a,b   Sanchez Alberola, Neus ^a   Wolf Jr , Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

genetic epistasis; prerecruitment; protein DNA interactions; SoxRS regulon

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; RNA POLYMERASE GAMMA 70 SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOXS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79952440159     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.12.037     Document Type: Article

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