Substitutions in the Escherichia coli RNA polymerase inhibitor T7 Gp2 that allow inhibition of transcription when the primary interaction interface between Gp2 and RNA polymerase becomes compromised

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2753-2764

  Shadrin, Andrey ^a   Sheppard, Carol ^a   Severinov, Konstantin ^b,c,d   Matthews, Steve ^a   Wigneshweraraj, Sivaramesh ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE OF GENE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL RNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN GP2; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BINDING SITES; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DOWN-REGULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84868306630     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.062547-0     Document Type: Article

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