Bacterial sigma factors: A historical, structural, and genomic perspective

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 357-376

  Feklístov, Andrey ^a   Sharon, Brian D ^b,c,d   Darst, Seth A ^a   Gross, Carol A ^b,c,d  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; RNA polymerase; Sigma; Transcription

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL GENOME; CATALYSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA BINDING; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HISTORY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MICROBIOLOGY; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 84907504864     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: 15453251     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-092412-155737     Document Type: Review

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