Suppression of in vivo Rho-dependent transcription termination defects: Evidence for kinetically controlled steps

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1468-1481

  Shashni, Rajesh ^a   Mishra, Saurabh ^a   Sudha Kalayani, B ^a   Sen, Ranjan ^a  

^a Center for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICOZAMYCIN; RHO KINASE; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; IN VIVO STUDY; KINETICS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DOWN-REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RHO FACTOR; TERMINATOR REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84861889465     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.056804-0     Document Type: Article

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