Promoter-specific transcription inhibition in staphylococcus aureus by a phage protein

Cell

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1005-1016

  Osmundson, Joseph ^a   Montero Diez, Cristina ^b   Westblade, Lars F ^a   Hochschild, Ann ^b   Darst, Seth A ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; GP67 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SAU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84870027829     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: 10974172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.10.034     Document Type: Article

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