Mycobacterial RNA polymerase forms unstable open promoter complexes that are stabilized by CarD

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 433-445

  Davis, Elizabeth ^a,b   Chen, James ^a   Leon, Katherine ^a,c   Darst, Seth A ^a   Campbell, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MYCOBACTERIUM; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84941091061     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku1231     Document Type: Article

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