Co-evolution of specific amino acid in sigma 1.2 region and nucleotide base in the discriminator to act as sensors of small molecule effectors of transcription initiation in mycobacteria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 569-583

  Tare, Priyanka ^a   Mallick, Bratati ^a   Nagaraja, Valakunja ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSINE; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; SIGMA A PROTEIN; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SWITCHING; GYR GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RRN GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; LEUCINE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RIBONUCLEOTIDES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SIGMA FACTOR; THYMINE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84887079148     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12384     Document Type: Article

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