The E. coli anti-sigma factor Rsd: Studies on the specificity and regulation of its expression

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Hofmann, Nina ^a   Wurm, Reinhild ^a   Wagner, Rolf ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR RSD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 70; RSD PROTEIN, E COLI; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOOTPRINTING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 79955804349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019235     Document Type: Article

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