Regulation of alternative sigma factor use

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue , 2011, Pages 37-55

  Österberg, Sofia ^a   Peso Santos, Teresa Del ^a   Shingler, Victoria ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antisigma factors; Crl; DksA; PpGpp; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; HOLOENZYME; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN CRL; PROTEIN DKSA; PROTEIN RSD; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80053264411     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: 15453251     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.112408.134219     Document Type: Review

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