Mycobacterium tuberculosis RbpA protein is a new type of transcriptional activator that stabilizes the σ a-containing RNA polymerase holoenzyme

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 6547-6557

  Hu, Yangbo ^a,b   Morichaud, Zakia ^a   Chen, Shiyun ^b   Leonetti, Jean Paul ^a   Brodolin, Konstantin ^a  

^a University of Montpellier I and II   (France)

^b WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HOLOENZYME; PROTEIN RBPA; RIFAMPICIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA A FACTOR; SIGMA F FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; IC 50; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; HOLOENZYMES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN STABILITY; RIFAMPIN; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84864949750     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks346     Document Type: Article

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