σ70-dependent Transcription Pausing in Escherichia coli

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 412, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 782-792

  Perdue, Sarah A ^a   Roberts, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

backtracking; gene regulation; sigma dependent pausing; transcription

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN GREA; PROTEIN GREB; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80053371538     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.02.011     Document Type: Review

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