The magic spot: A ppGpp binding site on E. coli RNA polymerase responsible for regulation of transcription initiation

Molecular Cell

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 420-429

  Ross, Wilma ^a   Vrentas, Catherine E ^a   Sanchez Vazquez, Patricia ^a   Gaal, Tamas ^a   Gourse, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROXYLAMINE; RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84887140246     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2013.03.021     Document Type: Article

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