The structure of a transcription activation subcomplex reveals how σ70 is recruited to PhoB promoters

EMBO Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3776-3785

  Blanco, Alexandre G ^a,b   Canals, Albert ^a,b   Bernués, Jordi ^a,b   Solà, Maria ^b   Coll, Miquel ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

PhoB; RNA polymerase 70; transcription activation; two component signal transduction X ray crystal structure

Indexed keywords

DNA; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; PHOB PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 70; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 80052774659     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.271     Document Type: Article

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