Oligomerization of the e. coli core rna polymerase: Formation of (α2ββ'ω)2-DNA complexes and regulation of the oligomerization by auxiliary subunits

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Kansara, Seema G ^a   Sukhodolets, Maxim V ^a  

^a LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HOLOENZYME; PROTEIN NUSA; PROTEIN RAPA; PROTEIN SIGMA 70; PROTEIN SWI; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA PROBE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 79955448026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018990     Document Type: Article

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