X-ray crystal structure of escherichia coli RNA polymerase σ70 holoenzyme

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 9126-9134

  Murakami, Katsuhiko S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C-TERMINAL DOMAINS; DNA INTERACTION; OVEREXPRESSION SYSTEMS; PROMOTER COMPLEXES; RNA POLYMERASE; STRUCTURAL STUDIES; X RAY CRYSTAL STRUCTURES; X-RAY STRUCTURE;

ANTIBIOTICS; DNA; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA; X RAYS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE OMEGA70 HOLOENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMUS; UPREGULATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOLOENZYMES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGMA FACTOR; THERMUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84875972911     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.430900     Document Type: Article

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